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Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... ready to accept increased belt-tightening as creditors considered debt relief. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose, reversing heavy morning losses and tracking a surge in Shanghai after China announced new measures to staunch a mainland rout that has fuelled ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... an "internal technical issue" that it said was not caused by hacking. LONDON - European stocks finished higher, despite heavy losses in China, on hopes of a resolution to the Greek crisis after European leaders gave Athens a deadline to submit new bailout ...

Australian shares up on ease over Greece

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... European-imposed austerity measures in a move that could see the country exit the euro zone. Australian shares have reclaimed Monday's heavy losses as investors realised Greece's troubles were of little consequence for Australia, Phillip Capital senior ...

GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... income taxes; abolition of state stamp duties; and a higher GST. FSC director of policy, Andrew Bragg, said Australia's heavy reliance on company and personal taxation must come to an end. "Including compensation for low income earners, a 15% GST with ...

Australian share market losing ground at midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Australian share market is losing ground after three days of gains, with investors appearing cautious ahead of Greece's referendum on a bailout deal on Sunday. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said traders had been buying for several ...

Australian shares lower at midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... but moved higher in choppy trade following Monday's carnage when $40 billion was wiped off the share market. There were heavy falls in US and European markets overnight, particularly the latter, due to the economic turmoil in Greece where banks are closed ...

Pension funds loading up on alternatives: BIS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... percentage point drop in the equity share. The report said financial market conditions and added demographic changes have put a heavy strain on pension funds. "Central to the funds' woes are persistently low interest rates, which depress both investment ...

Market down at midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Australian stocks were getting punished in early trading with a surprisingly heavy market fall of about 1.7 per cent. The most dominant issue is still Greece's debt crisis with a solution appearing a long way off despite the looming default deadline ...

KPMG hires heavy in financial services

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
KPMG Australia's advisory division is positioning itself for a year where large corporates are expected to have more appetite for mergers and acquisitions. This is reflected in the company's recent intake of 51 new partners and executive directors ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... signs that a Greek debt default could be moving closer. In Australia, the market on Thursday, extra trading volumes sparked heavy falls among the ASX's biggest stocks despite there being no specific economic reasons for it, with the negative sentiment ...