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Macquarie sells private wealth business in Canada

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Macquarie Group has entered into an agreement for the sale of Macquarie Private Wealth Canada, its Canadian retail business. Canadian independent wealth management firm Richardson GMP bought the business, which has more than 185 adviser teams in 12 ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... 2020 Olympics. Weaker-than-forecast US jobs figures raised concerns about the world's number one economy but also fuelled hope that the Federal Reserve will hold off winding down its stimulus program for the time being. Tokyo rose 2.48 per cent, or 344.42 ...

Cash Converters to raise $60m through bond issue

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Alternative credit provider and pawnbroker Cash Converters is the latest company to issue an unrated corporate bond through fixed income broker FIIG Securities. Cash Converters hopes to raise between $50 and $60 million through the unsecured bond issue. ...

Coalition victory to boost business confidence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... by a growing budget deficit, recently revised from $18 billion to $30 billion for FY14. "Business confidence is the last hope to meet the fall in mining investment. If that doesn't' do it, I'm not sure what will. Perhaps a fall in the Australian dollar ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's jump after strong US car sales pointed to strength in the manufacturing sector. At 0806 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,172. ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after European bourses made sharp gains on upbeat Chinese and eurozone economic data, and receding investor concerns over a US intervention in Syria. Wall Street was closed for the Labor Day public holiday. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... unemployment came in unchanged at a record of 12.1 per cent in July but another slight fall in the total jobless offered some hope. Analysts had hoped the report would reflect a gradual recovery which saw the eurozone post 0.3-per cent growth in the ...

NAB denies "new" offshoring program in face of job loss figures

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... roles within the bank. "NAB has solid plans about where they are trying to place people in other parts of the business and we hope they do that successfully because we don't want to see jobs disappear," Shingles said. Shingles said that the axe would ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
The local share market has opened higher after solid gains on Wall Street overnight and encouraging Chinese manufacturing data. At 1020 AEST on Friday, the All Ordinaries was up 33.5 points, or 0.66 per cent, at 5,100. IG market strategist Evan Lucas ...

Trading platform bids to raise industry transparency standards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
A new initiative calling on all financial services firms to boost transparency has been launched by online trading specialist Saxo Capital Markets Australia (Saxo). Saxo will send a quarterly review to all its clients to check between clients' trading ...