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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 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is trading lower, after increased prospects of a hike in US interest rates weighed on Wall Street. Strong jobs growth data from the US Labor Department has raised expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The share market has opened flat as strength in high-yield bank stocks is balanced out by weak energy and mining sectors. IG market strategist Evan Lucas says the market is repositioning itself into high-yield stocks in expectation of an upcoming rate ...

NAB to face Senate grilling over advice scandal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) head of wealth Andrew Hagger will face tough questioning from the Senate Economics Committee at a hearing in Melbourne this afternoon. "The reason why we called this hearing is because we want to get to the bottom of this ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
The local bourse has opened in the red following losses from market heavyweights BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. CMC Markets chief strategist Michael McCarthy says the market was correcting itself to improve its chances of breaking through the 6,000 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
The sharemarket is in the red after initially opening higher, dragged down by the miners and weak leads from Wall Street. IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas says the market is muddled by a slight bounce back in the bank, healthcare and diversified financial ...

Baird to launch Sydney not-for-profit "fintech hub"

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
NSW Premier Mike Baird has announced the development of Sydney's first financial technology hub. Located at 45 Clarence St, the hub (known as "Stone and Chalk") will provide technology start-ups with, as Baird put it, "subsidised office space to collaborate ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
The Australian share market is trading higher on the back of expectations of another cut to interest rates, but has eased back on its run towards the 6,000 point mark. The benchmark ASX 200 index has not been at 6,000 points since January 2008, during ...

PIMCO exec joins Western Asset Management

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Legg Mason affiliate and fixed income specialist Western Asset Management has appointed a new head of client service and marketing. Michael Dale joins the fund manager from PIMCO where he worked within client service, focusing primarily on business ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The share market is higher as miners benefit from a surprise cut to interest rates in China. Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the absence of any adverse events on overseas markets, a cut to interest rates by the People's ...