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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street's negative lead after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was growing only moderately and still needed support. At 0820 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures ...

MyState appoints new chairman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
MyState Limited has appointed Miles Hampton as chairman after Dr Michael Vertigan AC stepped down, the company announced at its annual general meeting yesterday. Hampton is currently chairman of the MyState Limited Board's Group Risk Committee and is ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street as traders reacted to company earnings updates and US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting. At 0832 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat as investors wait for the outcome of the Federal Reserve's meeting that will decide whether the central will start tapering its stimulus measures. At 0812 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures ...

Former BlackRock COO joins J.P. Morgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
J.P. Morgan has appointed BlackRock chief operating officer Henry Capra as its new head of custody and funds services for Australia and New Zealand. Capra will replace Mark Kelley, who has held the role since December 2011. Kelley will move into a full ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
"Don't fight the Fed!" I re-introduced this old saying on Wall Street at the end of last week to characterise the financial markets' behaviour du jour. The S&P 500 surely doesn't want to -- it closed at another fresh record high last week...and could ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street driven by better-than-expected earnings from Amazon and Microsoft and solid results from Procter & Gamble and UPS. At 0816 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Some years back I used to have discussions with several of my gentle readers (you know who you are, gentle folks) about whether or not QE would work, is working, or not. The passage of time since the Fed minted its first QE dollar had proven that it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open open flat despite gains on international markets overnight. At 0812 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up eight points at 5,378. No major economic news is expected on Friday. In ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on international markets overnight. At 0813 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up four points at 5,350. In economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia ...