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Brookfield shakes up board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... number of office buildings across Australia, including Sydney's Ernst and Young Centre, Melbourne's Southern Cross East and West Towers, and Perth's 108 St Georges Terrace. Brookfield Prime Property Fund is part of Canadian firm Brookfield Asset Management. ...

Market down on Ukraine unrest

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has opened weaker as a geopolitical crisis in the Ukraine escalates. The Ukraine is on the brink of war with Russia threatening to invade in a crisis that began three months ago with civilian protests against the government ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... new geopolitical risk for the financial markets. Not because the Ukraine and Russia may be going to war... but because the West, the US in particular, is being dragged into it. Good or bad, no one's talkin' bout the military option... for now. Bloomberg ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened flat after a record session on Wall Street and a rise in the iron ore price. The US broad-based S&P 500 reached a new high, gaining 0.49 per cent to 1854.29, passing the previous high mark set in January. CommSec ...

Henderson reports record profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... group's Australian business was "growing quickly" after it acquired commodity specialist H3 Global Advisers and 33% of 90 West in April and November last year, respectively. Formica also suggested the global asset manager, which is dual-listed in Australia ...

Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The Singapore government has announced that Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates will next year climb for pre-retirees up to 35% while also establishing a $8 billion special purpose fund to pay for the health care needs of the Pioneer Generation. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on international markets after a report showing a dip in US home prices and on worries about China. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened flat following weak overseas leads from the US. Gains in heavyweight Australian mining stocks have been offset by falls in Telstra - which has gone ex-dividend - and fellow large companies Woodside Petroleum and ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The Australian stock market is on track for a seventh consecutive day of gains, despite the negative impact of several high profile companies trading ex-dividend. The market had defied a mixed lead from overseas to continue to push higher on Monday ...

BT reveals post-awards strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
BT Financial Group will pitch its MySuper product to at least 30,000 employers via Westpac's business bank should the government proceed with its plan to take superannuation out of modern awards. Vicki Doyle, head of corporate and retail super at BT ...