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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... speak at CEDA a lunch. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower, weighed down by weaker commodity prices and a stronger Australian dollar. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 26.7 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 5,350.1. The broader All Ordinaries ...

FoFA uncertainty presents good buying opportunity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... You've got to understand how advisers think and operate." He also stressed the importance of being able to capitalise on stronger markets. NovaPort first began to buy financial advice companies two and a half years ago. Now, he said they are not as cheap ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... better, with BHP Billiton up four cents at $35.62, Rio Tinto 18 cents higher at $61.55 and Fortescue Metals five cents stronger at $5.03. Shares in Macquarie Group lifted $1.48, or 2.7 per cent, to $56.31 after it flagged a 40-45 per cent lift in its ...

Smaller funds don't need to merge: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... one of the key reasons the fund has been able to secure this three year premium freeze." While it was expected that the Stronger Super reforms would force smaller funds to merge, so far the number of mergers has been relatively low.

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... 1029 AEDT, BHP Billiton lifted 40 cents to $35.60, Rio Tinto rose 70 cents to $61.50 and Fortescue Metals was 10 cents stronger at $5.00. Among the major banks, Westpac improved 17 cents to $33.41, Commonwealth Bank gained 30 cents to $75.27, ANZ put ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have opened stronger following a rally on global markets overnight. New York's Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed more than one per cent overnight, while markets across Europe were also higher as investor concerns eased over developments ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... weekend's referendum in Crimea has spooked investors globally. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said stronger than expected US data also added to the negative tone on markets, by increasing expectations the US Federal Reserve will ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... after the August 2014 peak in Fed asset holdings is anybody's guess. Hopefully by then, America's economic growth is stronger and more sustainable, giving US equities a fresh reason - a more fundamental reason -- to remain on the up path sans Fed money. ...

Tasplan and Quadrant mull merger

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... said a merger would have significant benefits "not only to Tasmanian members but to the broader community" "A larger, stronger Tasmanian superannuation fund ensures that we retain employment and expertise within the state and maintain important local ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... mainly higher, with investors looking beyond the Ukraine crisis to better-than-expected US jobs data and the likelihood of stronger growth for the eurozone this year. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day 0.19 per cent higher at 6,788.49 points ...