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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, taking its lead from Wall Street which is down one per cent after weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing figures. At 0855 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down 31 points ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
Dear! Dear! Dear! Yes my dear Virginia, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures showed that the cost of living in this sunburnt country girt by sea has become dearer in the quarter ended 31 December 2013. Headline consumer prices jumped by 0.8% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a negative lead from Wall Street despite strong performances on most other international markets. At 0850 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 5,258. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed lead from Wall Street. At 0850 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,281. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2 per cent, while ...

Frontier market corporate governance greatly improved

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Greater local competition, improved governance and the involvement of institutional investors has greatly increased the investment prospects of the world's frontier markets, according to emerging market specialist Advance Emerging Capital. Frontier ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed and lacklustre performance on international markets with Wall Street closed and China turning in disappointing growth data. At 0823 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a mixed performance on Wall Street in its last session. At 0923 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,265. In economic news on Monday, the TD Securities ...

Robertson and Wadell out in AMP reshuffle

HARRY PAGE, ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
Two key AMP financial advice executives have become the first high-profile casualties of yesterday's company restructure announcement. The managing director of AMP-aligned dealer group Genesys Wealth Advisers Paul Robertson and Andrew Waddell, director ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after disappointing earnings from Citigroup and Best Buy's poor holiday sales pulled Wall Street back from its previous day's solid gains. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...

SMSFs stick with cash and TDs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
The self-managed super fund (SMSF) industry's love affair with cash and term deposits shows little signs of abating, despite the lowering interest rates and resulting increase in inflation risk. According to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) September ...