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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... consoles and internet cloud services for enterprises. But investors pummelled Amazon, sending shares 8.3 per cent lower, as its third-quarter loss rose tenfold to $US437 million ($A472.82 million) due to the costs of product launches including new phones ...

AMP doubles wealth management cashflow

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
AMP's wealth management business has more than doubled its cashflow for the third quarter of 2014 compared to last year's corresponding quarter. AMP saw cashflows of $476 million for Q3 2014, compared to $206 million in Q3 2013. This brings total assets ...

Better corporate cash management lifts returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... investment returns. A survey of corporate treasuries conducted by the institutional bank BNP Paribas has found that almost one third understand where only about half their company's cash and cash flow position at any point in time and this severely limits ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... news was somewhat mixed. But we did have very good earnings." Industrial heavyweight Caterpillar jumped 5.0 per cent after third-quarter net income rose eight per cent to $US1.02 billion ($A1.10 billion) as company cost-cutting measures and restructuring ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... exactly two weeks ago (31.06). Not even yesterday's news that growth in the world's number 2 economy eased to 7.3% in the third quarter from 7.5% in the second -- which by the by, confirmed fears of a slowing global economy - unnerved market confidence. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... while the CAC 40 and DAX 30 have both tumbled 11 per cent. Investors are expected to pay particularly close attention to third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data from the world's number two economy, China, on Tuesday. The euro firmed to $US1.2781 ...

Countplus business acquires advice practices

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... subsidiary Total Financial Solutions (TFS) has added two advice practices to its network and acquired a 49% interest in a third firm. A Sydney-based specialist personal insurance advice business will join TFS this month. The practice has four advisers ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... cents weaker at $32.22. Telstra was 3.5 cents lower at $5.345. Ten Network Holding was flat at 19 cents after posting its third consecutive full year loss.

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... slightly ahead of the SelectingSuper performance index. Its funds under management (FUM) make it, in effect, Australia's third largest investment manager behind State Street Global Advisors, which has $124 billion, and AMP Capital Investors, which has ...

BT launches 'ground-breaking' advice register

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... Commitment', a short statement that explicitly sets out the standards a client should expect from his or her adviser. The third commitment in this list of nine commitments was 'No hidden fees'. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...