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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 ...

Australian shares open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
The Australian market has continued its downhill run, opening more than half a per cent lower following falls on international bourses and worries about central banks' stimulus plans. Losses on Thursday would mean a 13th day of falls in 17 trading sessions ...

ASX to introduce VIX futures contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities Exchange is planning to launch a VIX futures contract, with a launch date earmarked for later this year - possibly as early as July. The ASX will provide a media teach-in to coincide with the launch. Known widely as the 'fear ...

Aust shares open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
The Australian share market is back in the red, opening half a per cent lower after offshore markets fell sharply overnight. The recent weakness in the Australian dollar has also led to many foreign investors taking their money out of Australia, including ...

Aust shares edge higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The Australian share market is marginally higher to begin the week, reflecting mixed offshore leads during the long weekend for the Queen's Birthday holiday. The United States market dropped overnight but had posted gains on Friday, RBS Morgans senior ...

ASX in $553m share issue

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has puts its stock in a trading halt as it looks to raise $553 million to fund a new clearing house service and pay down debt. ASX will offer two shares for every 19 held by existing shareholders at a price of ...

Super fund returns recovery rolls on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The recovery in super fund returns has continued apace in April 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index climbed again to 12.7%, its second highest level in three years. Explaining why rolling 12 month returns remain ...

Board quotas an "embarrassment" for Australia: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The introduction of quotas in a modern, egalitarian Australia "would prove to be an embarrassment," despite the obvious benefits that diversity brings, according to BlackRock. In a new research report, BlackRock also said the glacial pace of growth ...

Merrill Lynch to pay $120k over compliance infringement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited (Merrill Lynch) has paid a penalty of $120,000 to comply with an infringement notice issued by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said Merrill ...

No growth in managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Managed funds are still languishing according to official figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS has just released figures detailing the $2 trillion managed investments sector and they confirm that while superannuation ...