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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street mostly rose as gains in consumer shares helped boost benchmarks back near records. At 0813 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,955. In ...

Australia missing out on $34.5bn tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Australian businesses are underperforming in use of digital technologies and could be missing out on a $34.5 billion opportunity, according to Accenture research. Australia ranks eight out of the 17 leading economies measured on the Accenture Digital ...

Solid growth in ING DIRECT super business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
ING DIRECT Australia has reported a 78% increase in funds under management in its superannuation business in the last year, taking total FUM to $1.1 billion. The company also achieved a net profit after tax of $297 million for the 12 months to 31 December ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street where energy stocks fell along with the price of oil. At 0755 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 14 points at 5,945. In local economic news ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The share market has opened higher on growing expectations of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut. Early gains of 1.3 per cent followed a strong session on Wall Street overnight, as the US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee said the labour market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street surged more than one per cent following the Federal Reserve's statement on interest rates. At 0815 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,880. ...

China millennials dictate future of emerging-market investment

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
The rise of affluent Chinese "millennials" is driving changes in the emerging-market investment space, according to AB. China has an estimated 300 million people born between 1980 and 2000, and this generation is distinct from those previous in that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street lifted more than one per cent as investors weighed the timing of US interest-rate increases after lower-than-forecast economic data. At 0818 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell on renewed anxiety over falling oil prices and the rising US dollar. At 0805 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 11 points at 5,801. In local economic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street lifted following disappointing retail sales figures which bolstered the case for keeping US interest rates low. At 0803 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was ...