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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
The Australian stock market has opened flat, with gains by the two big miners offset by weakness among healthcare companies and major retailers. Macquarie Private Wealth division director Lucinda Chan said investors were absorbing the latest announcements ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street. At 0755 AEDT on Friday, The June share price index futures contract is 16 points higher at 4,928, with 5,088 contracts traded. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Office ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... expectations. There was the ADP Research Institute payrolls report that showed only 158,000 private sector jobs were created in March - no good for a market that's predicting a 200,000 addition. It's off 42 grand. Then again, most of the reports buried ...

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
It's quite fitting that we concluded the first three months of the year 2013 munching on egg-shaped chocolates - big and small - for if the first quarter is anything to go by, financial markets could look forward to more kinder surprises for the rest ...

CFS appoints new general manager

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
Colonial First State has appointed new general managers for roles previously held by Scott Durbin and Nicolette Rubinsztein. CFS has appointed Geoff Peck as its new general manager, marketing and distribution as part of a reshuffle in its upper management. ...

I was there!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... last night...especially as it confirms last week's drop in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index to 71.8 in March (preliminary estimate) from February's final figure of 77.6 and expectations for an unchanged reading. The point is that America's ...

ASIC bans another insurance broker

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Financial planners and industry professionals were sent another clear message today that unscrupulous practitioners will face the full force of the regulator with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) permanently banning a Sydney ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Fed promise soothes Cyprus worries. These five words sum up the financial markets' performance while we slept. Good thing the US Federal Reserve's monthly FOMC meeting came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on European bourses as Cyprus' international bailout appeared close to unravelling. At 0655 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down 26 points at 4,977. In ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite overnight falls on international markets with investors spooked following Cyrpus' bailout plans that include a deposit tax. At 0830 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...