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BNP Paribas board approves $9bn fine

AFP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
BNP Paribas's board of directors has approved a settlement with US authorities to pay a record $US9 billion ($A9.74 billion) fine to avoid being tried for violating US embargoes. The agreement is due to be announced after markets close at the New York ...

Russell Investments set for London Stock Exchange sale

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
US index provider and fund manager Russell Investments looks set to be sold to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) after the UK group agreed a US$2.7 billion purchase price with parent company Northwestern Mutual. The deal will bring together US$5.2 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street in a quiet day of trading in its last session with strong earnings from Nike helping to offset a profit warning from DuPont. At 0645 AEST on Monday, the September share price ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
A trading day short of six months into 2014 and yields on 10-year US government benchmark bonds have dropped to 2.54% -- exactly 50 basis points below the 3.04% they were fetching at the birth of 2014. What's interesting Virginia, is that this is happening ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
Jumpin' Jiminy Cricket Batman! The US Federal Reserve will begin to lift interest rates soon - that is, sooner than everyone in the planet expects. Bullard of bull (dropping?). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said so in his ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following disappointing economic data. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up five points at 5,431. US consumer spending, which accounts for ...

Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The financial services industry is at a turning point after the Senate Economics Committee report stressed the need for dramatic changes in the way the advice sector operates. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said that "Australia's complex financial ...

Super contribution caps "limited and inadequate": Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
I clicked, and I clicked, and I clicked but I can't find no... no, no, no... no mention of that which was finger-pointed for yesterday's sharp fall on Wall Street. Yes, Virginia there wasn't any mention of Iraq. Wall Street rebounded overnight despite ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a fresh high. At 0803 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,390. The Dow ...