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RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... Economic Development Board Annual Meeting in Columbus, IN, on 4 May: "In my view, it likely will not be appropriate to begin raising the federal funds rate until sometime in early 2016. Economic activity appears to be on a solid, sustainable growth path ...

LGS launches shareholder voting website

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... essential part of this process is sharing our voting decisions with our members and the general public. In doing this, we are raising awareness of where we invest our members' savings and how their rights as ultimate beneficiaries of the shares are being ...

Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... policy in the US almost seem radical and implausible." Douglass added that "the key question is not when the Fed commences raising interest rates, but by how much."

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... $US1.1064 as the greenback took a hit on the slowing US growth. HONG KONG - Asian markets slipped with more weak US data raising questions about the health of the world's top economy and the dollar edging down as an early interest rate rise looks increasingly ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... $29.57. Shares in Seven West Media have been placed in a trading halt ahead of the announcement of a proposed capital raising.

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... working population is the main driver of aggregate demand. A younger workforce is forming households, buying consumer goods, raising children and paying taxes. Both Germany and Japan are expected to see the greatest declines in their working-age populations. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... at $30.86, Rio Tinto was up 88.5 cents at $56.085, and Fortescue Metals had gained 20.5 cents, or 10.8%, to $2.11 after raising $US2.3 billion in an oversubscribed bond offer. "The move secures FMG's short term future, with CEO Nev Power commenting that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... higher at 5,211.09 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index fell 0.60 per cent to 11,867.37 points despite the German government raising its 2015 growth forecast to 1.8 per cent. Milan added 0.32 per cent while Madrid shed 0.20 per cent. The euro slid to $US1.0728 ...

Qualitas grows team with senior appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... investment analyst and was most recently in the treasury team at Transurban, responsible for financial modelling, debt raising and valuation analysis. She also worked in the private equity team at Future Fund. "Each of the new appointees brings specific ...

Big end of town to face Senate over bad advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said that the hearing is "not just to name and shame" bank executives. "It is a way of raising the profile of the issue. The hearing puts pressure on them because everything said there is on public record and is reported ...