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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
Australian stocks have opened flat, with market players sitting on the sidelines ahead of an interest rate decision from the central bank. Market players looked past a positive lead from Wall Street, where US stocks rallied strongly and commodities ...

BT wins award for 'Your World' tool

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
BT Financial Group (BTFG) Advice has won the Australian International Design Award for its 'Your World' tool. 'Your World' is a paper-based tool designed to create more engaging financial planning service experience for clients. "Much detail is required ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
Australian shares have opened half a percentage point weaker as falling commodity prices hit mining stocks, and banking shares rally. The local market has followed Wall Street lower, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the broad-based S&P 500 and ...

Banks shift gears on technology spend

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
After years of technology investment focused on developing infrastructure, banks and fund managers are pinning their hopes on better customer-centric IT solutions to gain market share. "Technology is going to be paramount for this industry," Colonial ...

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 ...

Westpac appoints head of Debt Capital Markets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Former ANZ head of the Financial Institutions Group, Australia, John Chauvel has resurfaced at Westpac Institutional Bank (Westpac) as managing director and head of Debt Capital Markets. He will report to managing director and Head of Debt Markets Tony ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Don Voelte was named as its new chief executive. He was previously in charge of publishing and broadcasting company Seven West Media, in which Seven Group holds a major stake.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Australian stocks were marginally weaker at noon as a fall in the Australian dollar encourages investors to sell banking shares. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said offshore selling of high-yielding stocks continued as the Australian dollar ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... "Many institutions have a lack of technical understanding of what is happening in Japan. There is cognitive dissonance in the West from investors who say they have heard it all before." Beazley explained that cost-cutting within the asset management ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The Australian share market is set for a relatively flat start despite Wall Street's rise to a new record high. Strong gains in US home prices and consumer confidence pushed the the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 15,409.39, its highest ever level. ...