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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... waiting." The RBA cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials stocks were up 0.6 per cent, with BHP having risen 13 cents to $34.22 and Rio up 83 cents at $54.63. By ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... waiting." The RBA cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials stocks were up 0.6 per cent, with BHP having risen 13 cents to $34.22 and Rio up 83 cents at $54.63. By ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The Australian stock market was flat at noon, with gains by big miners offset by weakness in the financial sector. The market opened about 0.3 per cent firmer as investors took their cues from a positive lead from Wall Street, but shares drifted back ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... discretionary sector of the market was down 1.9 per cent in early trade, and one of the worst performers. The financial sector was down 0.19 per cent and the materials sector off 1.04 per cent. With the outlook for commodities uncertain given indications ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
The Australian market has opened higher despite weak offshore leads as the financial sector lifts local shares. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the Australian market had opened higher due to a strong start from the financial sector after Westpac ...

ASIC appoints deputy chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... five-year period starting 6 May 2013. Kell joined ASIC as a commissioner in 2011 and has experience in both the financial sector and consumer protection issues. Prior to his appointment he was deputy chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' inquiry into the Corporations and Financial Sector Legislation amendment Bill. In equities news, Australand has its annual general meeting. In Australia, the market on Friday ...

Government eyes Islamic finance growth opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... have extensive funds management expertise. Additionally, we have a well-resourced, well-regulated and innovative financial sector." Ripoll added that the government would commit to a greater focus on deepening Islamic finance skills though education ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... after US markets continued to climb to new highs. The early gains were being held back by some nervousness in the financial sector and weakness among mining stocks, IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said. "We're just a touch higher at the moment," he ...

Conservative financial services job market in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... Basel III, Dodd-Franks and the Future of Financial Advice reforms, said the report. "Candidates in much of the financial sector will remain cautious and will prefer roles that offer employment stability and reasonable compensation," commented eFinancialCareers ...