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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street as Eastern Europe tensions escalate with Russian troops seizing Ukrainian ships and military installations in Crimea. At 0645 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have started the week lower, following a sell-off on Wall Street on Friday. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said US markets moved lower during Friday's session as investors took profits following recent gains, putting the local market ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
While Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and re-join Mother Russia - and the tit for tat sanctions between the US and Europe and Moscow - and speculation over the faster- and sooner-than-predicted US Federal Reserve hike in interest rates hogged most ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The sharemarket is flat in early trade as investors ignore positive offshore leads. US stocks moved higher as Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments that he had no designs on a larger break-up of Ukraine eased investor tensions. But there was no ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Sanctions? You call that sanctions? Putin must be LOL-in' after hearing the news that Europe has imposed "sanctions" by freezing the assets of 21 Russian and Crimean officials and imposing travel bans on them. The US imposed the same "sanctions" on ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
The sharemarket is higher after a stabilisation in iron ore prices helped lift resources stocks. Iron ore prices recovered slightly on Wednesday after falling sharply on Monday and Tuesday, amid disappointing Chinese export numbers. IG market strategist ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
The verdict is in, Crimeans have decided... what now? Surprise of surprises Virginia! Exit polls following Sunday's Crimean referendum showed that 93% of voters voted to secede from Ukraine and return to Russia with love. Ukraine's new government, Europe ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street as tensions between the US and Europe and Russia continued with Crimea expected to vote to break from Ukraine. At 0810 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have plummeted following disappointing Chinese economic figures and renewed concerns about the standoff between Russia and Ukraine. The market has started the day more than one per cent lower, which follows heavy falls on US and European ...

ASFA calls for consistent global regulatory standards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
The global pension community must work together to achieve consistent regulatory frameworks, according to Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Speaking at the ASFA's third Asia-Pacific Pension ...