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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street as traders reacted to company earnings updates and US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting. At 0832 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index ...

Investment still lagging despite confidence surge: RBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
The surge in consumer and business confidence in the last two months is yet reap investment rewards, with the business community remaining subdued, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens said this morning. Speaking at the Citi Investment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
The Australian market has opened lower following a run of gains, an absence of more positive drivers and flat offshore leads overnight. The ASX is up 5.81 per cent in the last 14 days since the recent US debt ceiling agreement, and has been trading ...

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
The S&P 500 index closed on another record high. Ho-hum. It's been happening almost daily these days, it's no longer news...bo-ring. Reporting another inch up on the previous record high just doesn't cut it no more. How about "U.S. Stocks Rise, S&P ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat as investors wait for the outcome of the Federal Reserve's meeting that will decide whether the central will start tapering its stimulus measures. At 0812 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures ...

Former BlackRock COO joins J.P. Morgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
J.P. Morgan has appointed BlackRock chief operating officer Henry Capra as its new head of custody and funds services for Australia and New Zealand. Capra will replace Mark Kelley, who has held the role since December 2011. Kelley will move into a full ...

Future Fund hands confidential documents to AustralianSuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
The Future Fund has provided AustralianSuper with confidential documents containing details of the acquisition of a stake in Perth Airport. "The Future Fund has voluntarily provided a small number of confidential documents to assist in bringing the ...

ACSA appoints new chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has appointed J. P. Morgan's David Braga as its new chair ahead of current chair Pierre Jond's departure in December. As head of product for J.P. Morgan's Australian custody business, Braga has already ...

Pension rule changes to benefit 740,000

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
More than 740,000 Australian pensioners will have extra money in their pockets as a result of the lowering of the social security deeming rates from 4 November 2013, Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrew said. The deeming rate will decrease to 2% ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
"Don't fight the Fed!" I re-introduced this old saying on Wall Street at the end of last week to characterise the financial markets' behaviour du jour. The S&P 500 surely doesn't want to -- it closed at another fresh record high last week...and could ...