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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... down 75.5 points, or 1.34 per cent, at 5,547.6 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have finished lower despite a solid US jobs report and generally good corporate earnings as investors took a cautious stance after Thursday's rout. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... downside for a little while and we might be beginning that process," he said. The market would be watching the release of ABS jobs figures due on Thursday, he said. " The overall jobs growth has been reasonably good considering the underlying economy. ...

Financial services export industry must rival iron ore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... exports to the same level as Hong Kong by 2023/24, GDP would increase by $4.2 billion by 2029-30 and around 10,000 additional jobs would be created. There would also be significant flow on effects. "Fees received by fund managers would lead to an increase ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... APEC scheme will happen because governments and regulators want it to happen," Simmons said. "They don't want all money and jobs to go through Luxembourg or Ireland. They want to bring it on-shore. The APEC scheme is very similar to the UCITS scheme ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... down 75.5 points, or 1.34 per cent, at 5,547.6 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have finished lower despite a solid US jobs report and generally good corporate earnings as investors took a cautious stance after Thursday's rout. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

It's all about the US week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... credibility. Here, consensus expectations are also positive. As per Bloomberg, "Employers probably added more than 200,000 jobs for a sixth consecutive month in July, according to the median estimate of 35 economists surveyed before nonfarm payrolls ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) pointed to rising momentum in the labour market. The jobs component of the manufacturing PMI rose to 39-month high in June, employment growth in the construction PMI surged to their ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... rate. Unemployment rose to six per cent in June - although the participation rate is up and almost 16,000 extra people found jobs. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 11.9 points, or 0.22 per cent, higher at 5,464.4. The broader All Ordinaries index was ...

All that jazz, all nonsense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... and all that jazz are afoot. There's the Fed interest rate hike expectations brought forward following last week's strong jobs data raison d'etre. "The central bank will increase its benchmark rate in the third quarter of 2015, rather than the first ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... highlight of the week was Thursday's Department of Labor employment report, which showed the US economy added a healthy 288,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 per cent from 6.3 per cent in May. LONDON - European stocks ended the ...