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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is weaker as disappointing European growth numbers overnight sent investors looking for safety. Share markets on Wall Street, Europe and in Asia fell heavily along with commodity prices. German bonds and US treasuries rose. ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after US markets came off record highs. The fall in US shares had driven the Australian market lower, although the federal budget may also be hurting stocks, Lonsec equities research general manager Bill ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower as two major banks trade ex-dividend. The federal budget, unveiled on Tuesday night, was fairly positive for businesses and had little consequence for the share market, Commsec market analyst Juliana Roadley ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... construction on the $11 billion WestConnex project will start within 18 months. This means 10,000 new jobs. The $18 billion East West Link in Melbourne starts work before Christmas and will create 6,000 new jobs. And billions of dollars of work will ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Mining stocks have rallied, lifting the Australian share market after investment bank JP Morgan gave the sector a big confidence vote. JP Morgan has raised its rating on the sector to "overweight" from "underweight" and has pointed to signs of a rebound ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... EU - over the weekend. This and the coming 25 May Ukrainians elections could escalate hostilities between Russia and the west and uncertainty and jitters in the financial markets. But this isn't about that war. It's the war being engaged by the mighty ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is trading lower, with a mixed performance on United States markets weighing on investor sentiment. CMC chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said enthusiasm on the local bourse was fading, including from institutional ...

SuperStream savings 'nowhere near' estimates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
SuperStream is not delivering the member value for money that was its intended result in the Cooper Review, according to VicSuper head of employer relations Dean Pearce. Pearce said that, in order to differentiate itself in the employer market, VicSuper ...

Westpac weighs in on FoFA debate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Westpac said that the government's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation are "necessary" to ensure consumer protection. Westpac is the first of the Big Four to have its say on the FoFA changes, which are A currently being ...