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Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung investors in early February, iShares' Katie Petering wants to set the record straight. She clarifies that investors pulled US$30 billion out of exchange-traded ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... against the US dollar since the start of the year and by 9.5% from this year's peak of CNY6.26/US$1 recorded in early February. Indications from the latest Caixin PMI survey suggest that more weakness is in store in the coming months. The Caixin ...

ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... prohibited by the Corporations Act. Breaching the provision amounts to a criminal offence, Orr pointed out. In early February 2018, ClearView announced it would refund $1.5 million to thousands of customers as a result of poor sales practises. It notified ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... Street's overnight rally at the same time that the things that scared the bejesus out of them - rising inflation - in early February proved even worse than they expected. The Dow jumped by 1.0%, the S&P 500 index by 1.3% and the Nasdaq Composite by 1.9% ...

Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... conditions and confidence started the year 2018 on a stronger footing and before the wailing on Wall Street happened in early February, providing succour to the domestic economy should Wall Street's weeping persists. The survey, taken from 24 January ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Australia, the market on Tuesday rose for a fourth straight session, its longest run of consecutive gains since early February. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 51.9 points, or 0.91 per cent, at 5,773.4 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... to 6,679.18 points, while in Paris the CAC 40 tumbled 1.02 per cent to 4,202.78 points, its lowest level since early February. Investors remained concerned over eurozone data, Argentina's debt default and the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... to 6,679.18 points, while in Paris the CAC 40 tumbled 1.02 per cent to 4,202.78 points, its lowest level since early February. Investors remained concerned over eurozone data, Argentina's debt default and the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. ...

Parliament to address large financial services agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... be dealt with through regulations and then locked in to legislation." Legislation is expected to be drafted by early February 2014, introduced into Parliament in the autumn sittings and passed during the 2014 winter sittings. Financial advice associations ...

MetLife launches retirement product

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... product, with a full rollout to be spearheaded by the fund's chairman, former Victorian premier John Brumby in early February. Turner said that the decision to develop the product was "born out of lessons from the Global Financial Crisis," as well as ...