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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market is higher, boosted by energy and retail stocks. "The energy sector is certainly the stand-out early in the session on some gains in the oil prices overnight," OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said Woodside Petroleum ...

Former Mercer partner joins Cooper Investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Melbourne-based Cooper Investors has confirmed that Steve Schubert joined the company in April as chief operating officer. Cooper Investors managing director, Peter Cooper, said the appointment of Schubert "is the final link in creating a long term ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0646 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,570. Locally on Tuesday, official housing finance figures for March  ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... addition in March. This is affirmed by tame wages growth - average weekly earnings growth slowed to 0.1% in April from 0.2% in March - and average weekly hours worked was unchanged at 34.5 hours. Good news for us, Australians all. RBA Gov Glenn must ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
The share market is up by almost one third of a per cent, with the banks leading the recovery after two days of heavy losses. The big miners and energy stocks are the only sectors to be slipping, following a dip in crude oil and iron ore prices. A moderate ...

Macquarie profit beats forecast

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Macquarie Group has seen its net profit after tax rise 27% to $1.604 billion for the full year to 31 March and assets under management jump 14%, beating forecasts. Profit for the second half of the year was $926 million, up 37% on the first half. The ...

QIC extends partnership with Northern Trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Australian institutional fund manager QIC recently appointed Northern Trust to provide global custody, fund accounting, taxation and associated services for its range of Australian fund products. The appointment follows Northern Trust's commitment to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open a touch lower, as gains on Wall Street offset losses in the local market on Thursday. At 0648 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,615. US stocks have pushed higher ...

AMP wealth management grows AUM

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
AMP reported an increase in its wealth management business for the first quarter of 2015, seeing assets under management up 6% to $116.1 billion. The rise was attributed to positive investment market movements up to 31 March, 2015. The company also ...

Vanguard overtakes PIMCO as largest bond manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
The great battle between active and passive investment reached new heights when Vanguard overtook PIMCO as the world's largest bond mutual fund. April data showed that PIMCO's Total Return Fund was holding $110.4 billion, while Vanguard's Total Bond ...