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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after US stocks performed strongly, lifting more than half a per cent, as construction spending data boosted confidence in the economy. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell on poor Black Friday sales and a China manufacturing slowdown. At 0819 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,227. US sales came in less ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after OPEC chose not to cut oil production levels. At 0822 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down 44 points at 5,294. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank ...

Brisbane adviser pleads guilty to $9 million fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
A Brisbane-based financial adviser has pleaded guilty to 54 charges involving a $9 million fraud. Thanh Quoc Tu was permanently banned from financial services in July 2014 and the charges he now faces could carry a maximum penalty of up to 12 years ...

Super returns dip in September quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
Super funds saw a further dip in returns in the September quarter, on average falling by between 60 and 80 basis points compared to the June quarter, according to the second batch of MySuper statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
The Australian share market was slightly higher at noon, following better than expected local economic data and mixed overseas leads. Business investment rose 0.2% in the September quarter, beating economists' expectations of a 1.9% fall, while new ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a lacklustre performance on Wall Street after the release of disappointing economic data. At 0908 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was unchanged at 5,407. The US ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks fluctuated as data showing the economy expanded more than previously forecast was offset by a drop in consumer confidence. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
The Australian government yesterday released its first Gender Equality Scorecard and while the results are discouraging, a separate international report released by Credit Suisse shows that investors make more money investing in women-lead enterprises. ...

Lazard AM grows global multi asset team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
Lazard Asset Management has appointed Rupert Hope as a director and portfolio manager in its global multi asset team. Based in New York, Hope will help grow the firm's emerging market and global multi asset solution platform. Hope was previously co-head ...