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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... fell 1.98 per cent, or 295.40 points, to 14,619.13 and Seoul slipped 1.09 per cent, or 21.19 points, to 1,919.96 while Sydney closed flat, edging down 2.1 points to 5,187.9. However, Bangkok was up 1.10 per cent despite chaotic weekend elections that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... cent, giving up earlier gains. The Nikkei dropped 92.53 points to 14,914.53, extending heavy losses suffered on Thursday. Sydney ended flat, edging up 1.9 points to 5,190.0 and Wellington added 0.51 per cent, or 24.74 points, to 4874.58. Hong Kong, Shanghai ...

Sinodinos defends "speedy" FoFA legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... measures through regulations, rather than via legislation, is a way to avoid opposition scrutiny. Speaking at media event in Sydney last night, Sinodinos said that is was a move to "get it out there as quickly as possible, and get on with it." "My remit ...

Ibbotson appoints regional CIO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... contribute to Morningstar's global investment management committees, policies, capabilities, and thought leadership. Based in Sydney, he reports to Morningstar global chief investment officer Daniel Needham. Needham said: "We're pleased to have Andrew ...

PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... parents who had very traditional values, she was under pressure to steer away from a path that most girls growing up in Sydney today take for granted. "I finished school in year 10 because my parents said Greek girls were destined to be full-time mums ...

Europe a 'running sore' on global economy: Probyn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... Street Global Advisors' chief economist Christopher Probyn. Speaking at today's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Probyn said Europe's economy was "a running sore, a sore that doesn't heal. You put something on it, the infection goes ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... Australian contributing economics editor Judith Sloan. Speaking at the annual Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum in Sydney this morning, Sloan put the rising unemployment down to the winding down of the mining boom and less public sector spending ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... ending below 15,000 for the first time since mid-November, while Seoul rose 0.34 per cent, or 6.59 points, to 1,916.93. Sydney fell 1.26 per cent, or 65.8 points, to 5,175.1. Hong Kong ended flat, dipping 15.46 points to 21,960.64 and Shanghai closed ...

Global economy on a knife edge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... at 15,695.89, giving up earlier gains as the downbeat sentiment sent traders into the yen and away from the US dollar. Sydney fell 1.07 per cent, or 56.8 points, to 5,263.0. Seoul lost 1.16 per cent, or 22.83 points, to close at 1,947.59 on news that ...