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Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... is not expected to lift interest rates on Wednesday, Chair Janet Yellen could signal a move is near. Equity markets in France and Germany rebounded despite worries over a Greek debt default in the absence of a deal between Athens and international creditors. ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... 2016. Less than half of funds in Australia choose to provide any portfolio disclosure at all. The next worst nation is France where nearly 60% provide some data. In saying that, roughly a third of Australian funds produce the data monthly, which is the ...

Saxo launches trading platform for SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... margin requirements. The launch of the trading platform in Australia follows the launch of the tool to trading clients in France earlier this month. SaxoTraderGO is already available to clients in Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... double seasonal adjustment. First quarter real GDP growth: Australia: 3.6% US: -0.8% Japan: 2.4% Germany: 1.2% UK: 1.2% France: 2.4% Italy: 1.2% Canada: -0.6% If Australia's economy was able to expand at this rate in the first quarter when the G7 (and ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... 2,109.60, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 6.40 points (0.13 per cent) to 5,076.52. Equity markets in Britain, France and Germany all fell as Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem told Dutch television, "we're still nowhere far enough" in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has invited his counterparts and their central bank chiefs from Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the United States, for the gathering that kicks off later on Wednesday. Meantime, markets were attentive ...

Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... Partners research showed that of the 97 institutions surveyed across 22 countries - including Australia, Japan, Belgium, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the UK - 69% of participants believed their stakeholders had Environmental, Social and ...

BNP Paribas names new country head

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... since 2012. He has previously held different senior banking positions for a number of leading financial institutions in France, the Nordic Region, the United States and the United Kingdom. The latest edition of Financial Standard is out now. Download ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... economic data and corporate earnings. Trading was subdued in Europe on Thursday owing to a public holiday in Germany and France, but the markets remained open. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading companies closed up 0.34 per cent to 6,973.04 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Europe's main stock markets have closed mixed, despite news of solid first quarter economic growth in the eurozone - with France outpacing powerhouse Germany - and encouraging company results. After spending most of the day in positive territory, Paris' ...