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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
The Australian share market is set to rise on Tuesday after Wall Street and some European markets managed small gains despite continuing concerns about the impact of Europe's debt problems on a global economic recovery. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Cuscal opens FX payment platform

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Cuscal has teamed up with J.P. Morgan to provide its retail financial institution clients with a platform to assist with the payment and receipt of foreign currency. The wholesale transactional services provider, which services the majority of Australia's ...

KiwiSaver eggs more savings, but not enough

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
A survey has found far more New Zealanders are saving money for retirement but very few are using the KiwiSaver scheme to its full potential. AMP's SuperWatch survey found KiwiSaver is the preferred retirement savings option with 67 per cent of respondents ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... and the Obama administration? There was good news there over the weekend. US non-farm payrolls increased by 290,000 in April -- much, much more than the expected gain of 190,000. This marked the fourth consecutive rise in employment and the fifth in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to post a huge decline at the start of Friday's trading day, following a horror night on offshore markets as Wall Street shed more than three per cent and commodities prices went backwards. At 0757 AEST on the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
The Australian share market at noon on Wednesday was sharply lower, after overseas markets fell on concerns about the Greek debt situation. Local investors also showed anxiety over the potential impact of the federal government's proposed resource tax ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... data out of America shows that the economic recovery there is progressing. The ISM manufacturing index rose to 60.4 in April -- higher than expected, the ninth consecutive month it has been in growth territory and the biggest increase since June 2004. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Australian shares are likely to slump on Wednesday after US and European stocks dropped as fears spread that Europe's attempt to contain Greece's debt crisis would fail. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Fundies caught in $5m heist

SFC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Hong Kong's regulator moves to ban New York-based Tiger Asia Management from dealing shares in the country ever again after it caught the fund's directors guilty of insider trading - twice. Last August, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) applied ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and oil and gold prices firmer. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 20 points higher at ...