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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after international bourses extended their declines with investors still concerned over conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and Argentina's debt default. At 0802 AEST on Monday, the September share ...

NAB CEO rejigs executive team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
The new National Australia Bank (NAB) chief executive Andrew Thorburn made a splash on his first day in the role, fulfilling his promise to deal with legacy issues and making major changes to the group's executive team. The changes have seen the departure ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... the sector that's been really hot, which is the material sector, can see a bit of buying coming through." At 1025 (AEST) the big resource players were all down. BHP Billiton was 37 cents worst off at $38.31, Rio had lost $1.07 to $65.31 and Fortescue ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... Eurozone data revived concerns about deflation and adidas issued an earnings warning linked to the crisis in Ukraine. Other big drags included the Argentine debt default and disappointing earnings from Whole Foods Market (-2.3 per cent), Kraft Foods ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... Ukraine could prompt Eurozone businesses to, as Markit Economics' put it, "become increasingly reluctant to commit to making big decisions on purchases, investment and hiring in the face of such economic uncertainty, suggesting growth could weaken again." ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... country passed the final deadline for making a $US539 million ($A583 million) payment on its restructured debt. Locally, the big banks were the early gainers on the Australian market as Commonwealth Bank rose 60 cents to $83.73, NAB gained 16 cents to ...

Dying in social media: adviser's next big nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
Clients' presence on several social media platforms, with multiple accounts and passwords, is set to become a nightmare for financial advisers specialising in estate planning, as they will be forced to deal with the person's digital footprint after ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... also set to be released. China will provide two updates on the health of its manufacturing industry on Friday. Locally, the big miners all gained on Wednesday morning. Rio Tinto put on 74 cents to $66.49, BHP gained 10 cents to $39.16 and Fortescue was ...

PROFILE: Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... after he joined the company, MLC was acquired by National Australia Bank (NAB), part of a general move on the part of the big banks to acquire investment management arms (Westpac acquired BT and Commonwealth Bank acquired Colonial First State around ...

In the throes of change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... thought-provoking keynote speeches by author Dr. Michael Hewitt-Gleeson (School of Thinking) and Rebecca Costa (The Impact of Big Data). Capping the conference will be a focus on Australian and overseas economies by RBC Capital Markets' AU/NZ head of ...