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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open markedly lower after Wall Street fell more than one-and-a-half per cent. At 0805 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 53 points at 5,318. Locally, in economic news on Friday ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street as a strong housing report helped equities regain ground. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,402. Locally ...

FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has rejected the Financial Services Council's (FSC) proposal to establish a statutory, independent board to oversee advice, saying that there was no need for further regulation, with the mooted board simply "reinventing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The Australian share market has picked up as investors rebound from the sell-off on Monday and a poor start on Tuesday. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said trading at noon on Tuesday looked healthier than it did at the start of the session. ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Fifteen point zero nine points or just a little over 0.28%. This is all the All Ordinaries index need to slip by today to take it back to square one - where it was at the start of 2014. Given the lead from offshore markets overnight - the S&P 500 dropped ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell decisively amid profit taking and anxiety about Chinese economic growth. At 0817 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,352. Locally ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The share market is lower as the big four banks and resources companies suffer significant falls. Shares were being weighed down by lower commodity prices, ongoing concerns about conflict in Iraq and Syria, and talk the US Federal Reserve will lift ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The answers to our niggling questions - we got most of 'em last week. Like a well-scripted slasher thriller, we've got the thrills, the spills, chilling suspense and then at the end of the day... the good guy gets the girl and walks. Financial markets ...

Market Wrap AM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a mixed result on Wall Street where the Dow reached another record high but the Nasdaq fell. At 0808 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,408 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher, with solid gains on Wall Street overnight. The December share price index futures contract is up 30 points at 5,432. The Dow and S&P 500 have bolted to fresh records on continued momentum from Wednesday's ...