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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... year. LONDON - London's bluechip index surged on the back of a rousing budget statement by the British government, but Europe's other markets were muted before a US interest rate decision. The benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed 1.57 per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... market is weaker after negative leads from overseas markets and pain in the energy sector. Stocks on Wall Street and in Europe fell overnight, oil prices plummeted to a fresh six-year low, putting pressure on energy stocks. "It's one of the big drags ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street lifted more than one per cent as investors weighed the timing of US interest-rate increases after lower-than-forecast economic data. At 0818 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell on renewed anxiety over falling oil prices and the rising US dollar. At 0805 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 11 points at 5,801. In local economic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... worried a strong greenback will dent US exports, said Mace Blicksilver, director of Marblehead Asset Management. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets finished the day mixed as the euro sank to a 12-year low against the US dollar which could see it lurching ...

PROFILE: NAB head of wealth Andrew Hagger

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... wife, who was working as a physiotherapist, joined him in this first adventure. "On our way back, we backpacked through Europe and Africa. We went to Paris, Vienna, Rome... and when we got to Nairobi we decided to stay and work there," he says. Hagger ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat ahead of local jobs data and following a lacklustre performance on Wall Street. At 0808 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up five points at 5,791. In local economic news on ...

Vanguard restructures international management team

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... US, to its international group. Vanguard Australia managing director John James will become managing director of Vanguard Europe, while Vanguard retail marketing and communications principal Colin Kelton will take on James' position. Both will now report ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is higher buoyed by strength from the major banks and despite weakness in the resources sector. CMC Markets chief analyst strategist Michael McCarthy said the local bourse was bouncing back after Monday's negative momentum ...

ASX will cut clearing fees if monopoly extended

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... has defended the single infrastructure by saying the model is common in Canada, the US, Brazil and Asia - though not in Europe. It claims the model is more efficient and more transparent than the alternatives and avoids further fragmentation which benefits ...