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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets amid easing after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would send troops into Ukraine only as "a last resort". At 0826 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price ...

Women on boards have no influence in performance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... However, gender started to matter less to shareholders after the beginning of the GFC and, especially, after the start of the ASX disclosure requirements in 2010. "Now, more women are likely to be appointed to ASX200 companies, but shareholders associate ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the S&P 500 hit a new record peak with investors were generally optimistic about growth in the US economy. At 0810 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points at ...

Market close

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... cent, lower at 5,384.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 18.0 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 5,397.4. On the ASX 24, the March share price index futures contract was 11 points lower at 5,385, with 30,477 contracts traded.

Brookfield shakes up board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... has retired from his role as independent director of Brookfield Capital Management Limited, the responsible entity for the ASX-listed Brookfield Prime Property Fund. Motteram was a board member of Brookfield from 2007. His departure took effect on 28 ...

market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the S&P 500 hit a new record peak with investors were generally optimistic about growth in the US economy. At 0810 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points at ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street rallied as investors responded to encouraging results from several retailers and analysed comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the March share price ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... growing use of the Chinese currency". And before this, CNBC reported (on 17 February) that, "Australia's stock exchange operator ASX (ASX:ASX-AU) and Bank of China (Shanghai Stock Exchange: 1988-SZ) said on Tuesday that they will provide a yuan settlement ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a flat performance on Wall Street with investors mostly tentative ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony in Congress. At 0805 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures ...

Instos bring ESG perspective to ASX companies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... decisions, according to the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA). In a new paper entitled, 'Improving engagement between ASX-listed entities and their institutional investors', the GIA's Sandy Easterbrook put forward a list of guidelines aimed at ...