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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open substantially higher after sharp rallies on Wall Street following strong economic data from China, Europe and the US. A battery of better-than-expected headlines included data showing strong manufacturing activity ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
The Australian share market is set to open slightly higher despite a quiet night on Wall Street as investors wait for the outcome of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting. The September share price index futures contract is up seven points at 5,014. The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's reassurances on the tapering of US stimulus measures. In his testimony to Congress, Dr Bernanke said the Fed would likely scale back its $US85 billion-a-month ...

PIMCO expands Aussie portfolio management team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Investment firm PIMCO is expanding its Australian portfolio management team with the appointment of a new vice president of the division. Aaditya Thakur has been appointed vice president, Portfolio Manager and will be reporting to PIMCO head of Asia-Pacific ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on most European markets after the eurozone and British central banks signalled that stimulus measures would continue for some time and ahead of official US employment figures for June. ...

AustralianSuper returns likely to decline in FY14

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
The AustralianSuper's most popular investment has returned 15.63% investment fees and taxes for the year, a result that will be difficult to match next financial year according to the Fund. "I don't expect a similar result next year," AustralianSuper ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
After sharp falls in its previous session, the Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on US and European bourses on encouraging manufacturing data out of Europe. At 0813 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after positive rallies on overseas markets as traders digested news of an unexpected drop in German unemployment, solid data from the US and comments from a top Federal Reserve official that the central ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... second time lucky, he didn't even contest the second contest. What does this mean for financial markets? Judging from the dollar A's performance - it jumped by around 0.55% to US$0.9306 immediately after KRudd's coup - it seemed that u-huh, u-huh, they ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
The Australian share market is expected to extend its losses in morning trade after opeing more than one per cent lower, but should make something of a late recovery into the close. The local market is still reeling from the US Federal Reserve last ...