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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... It was also the worst for a single quarter since the first three months of 2009, in the depths of the global financial crisis. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 26.03 points, 0.4 per cent, to 5,856.08.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... showed that its economy expanded seven per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, slumping to a new post-global financial crisis low. On the local bourse among the major banks at 1201 AEST, ANZ had fallen 34 cents to $35.98, Commonwealth Bank was off ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... somewhat weaker exchange rate. The IMF said sharp contraction in private investment during and since the global financial crisis combined with the subsequent weak recovery "is largely an advanced economy phenomenon." "For advanced economies as a whole ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... and emerging market economies remains much lower than was expected in 2008, just before the onset of the global financial crisis, and its growth path has also been lower. Indeed, medium-term (five-year-ahead) growth expectations have been steadily revised ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... 6,000 point mark. The benchmark ASX 200 index has not been at 6,000 points since January 2008, during the global financial crisis. Investors are speculating that the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut the cash rate to a new record low of 2.00 per cent ...

Law firm targets disgruntled advice clients using Twitter

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... expire," Walter said. He said that inquiries from financial planning clients increased after the start of the global financial crisis and that the firm has been involved in major cases such as the ones affecting Commonwealth Bank and Macquarie Private ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... significant external shock, it's very likely that that would have a significant budget impact like it did in the global financial crisis, " it "could put the country's AAA rating at risk". And don't forget my ever-present neighbour who keeps telling ...

NAB kick starts self-employed advice channel

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... initial discussions. Asked about how regulatory certainty and better economic conditions following the global financial crisis have resulted in some advisers leaving aligned dealer groups, Hagger said: "We know these are competitive market places. There ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... post half year earnings results. The Australian sharemarket on Tuesday hit its highest level since the global financial crisis after the RBA rate cut. The market rose by more than 1.4 per cent in its ninth straight day of gains, to close at its highest ...

Retail funds still unable to match industry fund popularity

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... more sensitive to stock market fluctuations," Roy Morgan said. The decline in satisfaction during the global financial crisis was greater for retail funds and, according to Roy Morgan, many have accredited it "to differences in investment allocations." ...