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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on Wall Street where investors weighed continued violence in Iraq and mixed US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve policy statement. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price ...

AMP Capital introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
AMP Capital has announced it will screen out companies with a material exposure to fossil fuels in its Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) range of funds, in response to client demand. The RIL Charter of Operation will now screen out companies that ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... economy but two per cent of our employment. It has, however, done much of the heavy lifting over the decade. So now we need to fire up the rest of the economy. Tonight, I am announcing a package of measures that will significantly increase investment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... economy. Tokyo's Nikkei edged up 0.11 per cent, or 15.88 points, to finish at 14,304.11. The BoJ announced it was holding fire on expanding its massive asset-purchase scheme as it awaits the effects of a sales tax rise at the start of April. After Japanese ...

Technology now about connectivity not just firepower

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Rapidly changing technology isn't a threat to financial services operators, it's just the continuation of long term trends that have always confronted the sector, said global financial services technology specialist Advent. Illustrating how far technology ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... per cent, or 8.41 points, to 2,033.31. Investors were unmoved by news that North and South Korea had traded live artillery fire across their disputed maritime border on Monday, forcing South Korean islanders to take shelter. The exchange came a day after ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher, following gains on European and US markets overnight. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the rally on global markets came after several days of weakness. He said European markets recorded ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... negatively impact economic growth. If this happens, other nations - including emerging markets - will be caught in the "friendly fire" and would blame not only Russia but the US and Europe as well for their rising energy costs. Needless to say, this ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... don't know why it keeps repeating the same mistake. For the sake of nostalgia? Sucker for punishment perhaps? Japan needs to fire more arrows - and soon - to prevent negativism to take hold and self-feed into more negativity. Japan needs to fire more ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... contagious and buys a round trip ticket to bite Uncle Sam's behind and today's bargain could become (hope not) tomorrow's fire sale.