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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Australian shares are weaker as an Australian dollar trading below 92.50 US cents encourages overseas investors to sell banking and resource stocks. Local shares are subdued, following a two per cent-plus plunge on Thursday, following the US Federal ...

Australian millionaire numbers surge on strong economy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... US$3 million per millionaire. The value of Australia's high net worth market ranks ninth in the global stakes with the US, Japan and Germany taking the top three spots. The investible wealth of the world's total HNWIs rebounded in 2012, to reach a record ...

Nikko AM appoints chief legal officer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Kong, Singapore and Tokyo and is fluent in Japanese. "Ross has a detailed understanding of the complex legal frameworks of Japan and many Asian countries, as well as a real comprehension of the cultural and linguistic practices that successful firms ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... according to UK-based Duncan Lawrie Private Bank's James Humphreys. Stimulus measures by central banks in Europe, the US and Japan have propped up global markets since the onset of the financial crisis but Humphreys, an investment manager at the private ...

Aust shares weaken ahead of RBA minutes

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... Billiton offloading 12 cents to $32.68 but Rio Tinto adding four cents to $53.69. The shaky start to local trade comes after Japan's flat opening and a Wall Street rally in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.73 per cent and the broad-based ...

IFM mulls Asia office

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... Eddy Schipper and executive director of Commercial Joshua Lim have recently visited Hong Kong, mainland China, Korea and Japan as part of the investigation into opening the business development office "We really need to understand all of our compliance ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... rally and upbeat US data. The US dollar slipped after enjoying a bright start, however, which in turn pared early gains for Japan's Nikkei index, with fears over a possible end to central bank monetary easing continuing to drag on sentiment. Tokyo climbed ...

Aust shares open more than 1pc higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Australian market has opened stronger, raising hopes of an end to the sharp slide in shares in recent weeks. The ASX 200's one per cent-plus rise at the open follows similar gains on Wall Street overnight, following positive retail and unemployment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's rocky start ended with a more-than-one-per-cent gain, shrugging off fears that central banks will soon end their stimulus measures. At 0805 AEST on Friday, the June share price index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... likelihood that central banks are unlikely to add to stimulus may have continued to weigh on equity markets after the Bank of Japan left its aggressive easing policy unchanged earlier in the week." At 0830 AEST on Thursday, the June 10-year bond futures ...