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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases February labour force data. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday clawed back early heavy losses linked to US interest rate rise fears ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... prices which has an impact on a significant sector of our market." He said investors were seeking alternative markets to equities, including bond markets, due the soaring US dollar and expected US interest rate rise. Diversified miner BHP Billiton went ...

Altair appoints heads of research

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
High conviction Australian equities boutique manager Altair Asset Management has appointed Alvin Chan and Tim Riordan as co-heads of research for the investment firm. The announcement follows the recent appointment of former Platinum Asset Management ...

ASX will cut clearing fees if monopoly extended

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
ASX has confirmed that it is in discussions to lower its clearing fees for cash equities, if its current monopoly is extended for five years. "ASX is consulting with its customers and other stakeholders in conjunction with a review by the Council of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey and the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for February. In equities news, the ASIC case against Hancock Prospecting to due to begin in Perth Magistrates Court. Meanwhile, Rio Tinto iron ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Street's performance on the day the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the jobs numbers. They all fell down - US equities, that is. The S&P 500, down 1.4%; the Dow, down 1.5%; the Nasdaq, down 1.1%; and the Russell 2000, down 1.4%. They all jumped ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... since May 2008. In local economic news on Monday, the ANZ job advertisements series for February is due out. No major equities news, is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed lower with a drop in iron prices prompting another retreat. The ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... will still ease - the yield return is there," he said. "People still believe they're going to get a better return in equities than in the cash market." Commonwealth Bank was up 31 cents to $91.43, Westpac had gained 11 cents to $37.94, ANZ was 7 cents ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... construction index (PCI) for February while the HIA trades report for the December quarter is also due out. No major equities news is expected. Meanwhile, fderal Treasurer Joe Hockey attends the AICD Leaders' Edge Lunch. In Australia, the market on Thursday ...

Leveraged Equities shortens name

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
Margin lending firm Leveraged Equities has renamed its business Leveraged, to reflect a broadening of its product range beyond equities. Leveraged executive Alexandra Tullio said the re-brand was about more than formalising what people have been calling ...