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Market gains on RBA hold, Boral delivers big capital return, ELMO upgrades

 It was another positive day for the market, with the S&P/ASX200 gaining 0.5% after the Reserve Bank confirmed it would be taking no action on rates...

Market consolidates, Ansell tanks on downgrade, ARB jumps

 The S&P/ASX200 wasn’t able to capitalise on the strong finish in the US on Friday, continuing to underperform the world’s largest market...

Senate inquiry highlights challenge facing advisory market

The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort, or CSLR, has become something of a lightning rod for the finance industry in 2022; and yet we are less than a month...

"Jury is still out" on China returning to economic leadership

Anyone shopping for basic goods or reading the papers in recent months has likely had more than enough of the “supply chain issues” that many...

Australian-first net-zero global equities fund launched

Well-known for its market leading, retiree-focused, franking-credit-driven Australian equity income funds, asset manager Plato Investment Management has gone...

Trees of green, volatility, bond yields fall, market rallies, ResMed reports

Australian investors had some respite on Friday, as volatility disappeared and the S&P/ASX200 gained 2.2% to finish the week. There was little news...

ASX200 enters correction on Fed rate hike, energy, utilities outperform, Kogan tumbles again

 It was an eventful day in global markets, with the US indices initially trading higher after learning that the Federal Reserve were considering increasing...

Advice tech shakeout predicted for 2022

The last two years have been a near-perfect storm of activity for many financial advisers. The onset of the pandemic placed significant pressure on advisers to...

'Optimism and opportunity' for Aussie equities in 2022

“Optimism and opportunity” are the best way to describe the outlook for the Australian equity market in 2022 according to Reece Birtles, of Martin...

Momentum trade sees market at 'extremes'

While all eyes remain focused squarely on whether inflation is “transitory” or not, “persistent” is the adjective that value manager...

Red everywhere, inflation data sends market lower, momentum stocks hardest hit

The S&P/ASX200 opened the day reasonably well despite growing negativity in the markets ahead of the Federal Reserve’s impending rate decision. But...

Market defies selling pressure, Uniti on the market, Adairs slumps

 A spate of headlines over the week naturally put pressure on the S&P/ASX200 today, with the index falling 1% at the open but finding support throughout...

Markets in 'thrall of the Fed', overly hawkish on rates

“Learning to live with COVID will be the major theme of 2022,” according to Ken Leech, chief investment officer of leading fixed income manager...

Advisers 'spoiled for choice' with alternative assets, correlation key

If we are truly honest about the state of the Australian investment industry when it comes to alternatives, we were very much a backwater for many years. That...

Funds flows favour the brave; what they say about 2022

Australian investors ploughed as much as three times more money into equity-focused managed funds in 2021 than they did in 2020. Being the preferred source of...

ASX suffers worst week since 2020, every sector down, Nuix, Whitehaven report

The S&P/ASX 200 suffered its worst week since 2020, finishing Friday 2.3% lower and losing 2.9% over the last five days. On Friday, every single sector...