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Australian shares up on first day of fin year

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... trade and retail sales later in the week indicating how small business has reacted to the budget tax cuts. Among the major banks, ANZ was up 35 cents to $32.55, Westpac had added 27 cents to $32.42, Commonwealth Bank had gained $1.17 to $86.30, and National ...

Australian shares lower at midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... were heavy falls in US and European markets overnight, particularly the latter, due to the economic turmoil in Greece where banks are closed and the odds of a eurozone exit increase. The big Australian banks were weaker, with the financial sector in ...

Australian market set for further falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... transition away from the euro currency and create turmoil on global markets. Mr Tsipras's government has closed the country's banks for a week and restricted withdrawals from ATMS to 60 euros per person per day to avoid a collapse of the country's financial ...

Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... alternatives such as the US dollar, Japanese yen and gold. On Sunday, Greece prime minister Alexis Tsipras announced that Greek banks would remain shut indefinitely and restrictions would be imposed on cash withdrawals. Talks between Greece and its creditors ...

Pension funds loading up on alternatives: BIS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... property price growth over the past four quarters." On the topic of monetary policy developments, the report said the central banks in Australia, Canada and Norway eased "as inflation declined along with commodity prices, even though core inflation remained ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... assistance to Greece that we feared at the start of last week is happening this week... and according to reports, Greek banks - and the Stock Exchange - would be on holiday for all of this week. This means Greece would be broke, or more broke, or broken. ...

Market down at midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... the looming default deadline of Tuesday. IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said the heavy recent short selling in banks - investors profiting form falls in stocks - had also been adding to falls in that sector. "No-one expected to see falls like ...

Shares lower on Greece worries

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... fell almost one per cent as the fresh problems emerged in talks between Greece and its international creditors. The big banks were all in negative territory, with Commonwealth Bank down 44 cents, or 0.52 per cent, to $86.75, National Australia Bank dropped ...

Asset allocation is over, investors chase returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... equities." Australian investors are "well ahead of this trend. We've seen SMSF investors have a preference for the big four banks, which pay high dividends." However, "Australians should be re-thinking their domestic equities bias, and looking overseas ...

Medcraft sticks up for asset managers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... approach," he said. "We need to recognise that markets are all about taking risks and should be regulated in different ways to banks. We need to make a very clear case for acting before we act. We should not use tools developed in the banking and insurance ...