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PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... is precisely what makes him the right man for the job as BNP Securities Services' new head of Australia and New Zealand. Mark Smith explains. Strangely enough, after 24 years in the financial services industry in numerous and varied roles, the decision ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
The Australian share market looks set to open higher after a strong lead from the US stock market. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 5,526. Wall Street rose more than one per cent as technology ...

Shares rise after four-days of losses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
Bargain hunters and a rise in the iron ore price have helped lift the Australian share market following four days of heavy losses. The iron ore price rose 1.4 per cent overnight, giving the miners bit of a boost, Australian Stock Report head of research ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... better offer, but was then forced to sell to IOOF a 13% stake in Equity Trustees that The Trust Company owned. Always in the hunt for new opportunities, Kelaher made headlines again in 2014 when he acquired high net worth advice group SFG Australia (SFGA). ...

Bargain hunters drive strong market gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The prospect of further interest rate cuts, plus plenty of bargain hunting by savvy investors, is fuelling the strongest session on the share market in more than a month. Despite weak overseas leads, the market is more than one per cent higher, as investors ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after US and most European markets were closed for public holidays on Monday. At 0655 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,722. Paris' leading CAC ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... purchasing managers index. The British bank said the gauge came in at 49.1 this month, a two-month high, but still below the 50 mark that separates contraction from growth. It was at 48.9 in April. The result shows ongoing weakness in the mainland economy ...

Bargain hunters push shares higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Bargain hunters have pushed the share market higher as investors bet on further stimulus measures in China. Options XPress analyst Ben Le Brun said all sectors were performing strongly. "Buyers are coming in to support these levels,"A Le Brun said. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market has bounced back after five consecutive days of falls, helped by gains in banking and mining shares. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the market is doing surprisingly well. "We have seen iron ore ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
The share market is up by almost one third of a per cent, with the banks leading the recovery after two days of heavy losses. The big miners and energy stocks are the only sectors to be slipping, following a dip in crude oil and iron ore prices. A moderate ...