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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... edge about the global economy and fresh fears over Greece. The figures from Washington calmed nerves slightly, and helped push oil higher, while the US dollar and euro ticked up against the yen in the afternoon. Tokyo reversed a morning advance to end ...

FPA appoints new CRC Chair, rolls out education standards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... FPA has meanwhile rolled out its proposed Education and Professional Standards Framework to the PJC Inquiry, continuing its push to change current education requirements within the financial planning profession. Mark Rantall, chief executive of the FPA ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower amid ongoing Aussie dollar weakness, a fall in commodity prices and soft leads from US equities. Wall Street stocks finished lower overnight after a monthly US consumer confidence index fell for the first ...

Global re-regulation takes shine off investment banks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... global re-regulation of finance is causing investment strategists to question whether the tide is turning. The re-regulation push includes increased capital requirements imposed by the European Central Bank (ECB), increased educational requirements imposed ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Have dip... will buy. That's last week's story on Wall Street - the big dip on Thursday followed by a rebound the next day - and only because I got tired (as you too probably have) of hearing of what's developing to be Wall Street's 2014 anthem - Chumbawamba's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher in the wake of positive leads from overseas markets. IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said the local bourse began Thursday's trading session well, with the major banks and big miners leading the way. ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy has called on governments to introduce carbon pricing in an effort to push more money into low-carbon investments. Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York yesterday, Corboy said HESTA was willing ...

Market Wrap AM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... IPO raised $US25 billion ($A27.05 billion), the largest in history on any market. Anticipation of the Alibaba trade helped push the market higher Friday morning, gains that were further propelled by Scotland's referendum vote rejecting independence from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... to close the day at 4,464.70 points. "Last night's absence of any real surprises from the US Federal reserve... has helped push US equities out to fresh highs," said Tony Cross, a market analyst at Trustnet Direct. "More critical for the domestic agenda ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... players," he said. He said the market could continue to lose ground over the next few days in the absence of a catalyst to push it higher but would likely find support around 5,500 points. In the resources sector, BHP Billiton was 31 cents lower at $35.79 ...