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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
"There is still a pretty good chance that we will come out of this episode fairly well, and much better than we came out of previous episodes of this type."

European managers in property buying spree

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Standard Life Investments and Norges Bank Investment Management have made a number of property acquisitions in Sweden, the UK and the US.

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
The rebirth of the Australian Republican Movement provides an opportunity for the business community to consider engaging in the important debate on Australia's identity.

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
The problem with this is that it creates a problem for other central bankers such as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) but more pointedly for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB).

Plastics manufacturer launches $40m bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Plastics manufacturer Integrated Packaging Group has launched a bond issue of $40 million, available to sophisticated investors and self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees.

Saxo opens up access to trading platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Saxo Bank is giving its clients and partners open access to its trading infrastructure so they can develop it, customise it and integrate it into their own applications and systems.

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has delayed the interest rate lift off; supporting Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass' view that tightening will be drawn out over many years.

Ellerston named hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
The Ellerston Australian Market Neutral Fund has taken home the 2015 Australian Hedge Fund of the Year award.

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
So here we go again. Watch the financial markets bounce around as these odds bounce around as the data and financial markets bounce around as...

AMP restructures China Fund to reduce discount

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
In a bid to reduce the 20.4% discount on its China Growth Fund, AMP Capital has introduced key changes based on a review by Goldman Sachs.