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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
The share market has opened slightly lower despite a strong lead from Wall Street and a better than expected profit from ANZ. ANZ beat market expectations with a record half year cash profit of $3.5 billion, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit ...

Westpac to open branch in Shanghai

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
Westpac has received approval to set-up a sub-branch in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ), becoming one of the first foreign banks to take advantage of the pilot program. The FTZ spans 28.78 square kilometres, and grants financial institutions exemptions ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Apart from last-minute end-of-month and end-of-quarter window dressings, this first day of the trading week should offer few surprises. It'll be a week when financial markets play the waiting game. Investors' attention would be on what the Reserve Bank ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Sanctions? You call that sanctions? Putin must be LOL-in' after hearing the news that Europe has imposed "sanctions" by freezing the assets of 21 Russian and Crimean officials and imposing travel bans on them. The US imposed the same "sanctions" on ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
The verdict is in, Crimeans have decided... what now? Surprise of surprises Virginia! Exit polls following Sunday's Crimean referendum showed that 93% of voters voted to secede from Ukraine and return to Russia with love. Ukraine's new government, Europe ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after international markets lost ground as investors retreated in the face of concerns about Ukraine, the Chinese economy and falling copper prices. At 0645 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following in Wall Street's downward lead after a report showing a drop in small business sentiment and disappointing sales data. At 0812 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after mixed performances on international markets on continued tension between Russia and and Ukraine, and disappointing economic data from China and Japan. At 0827 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Asia Funds Passport will never get off the ground because the majority of fund managers in the region are already aligning their products with European UCITS standards, according to EY Asia-Pacific and EMEIA asset management leader Roy Stockell. ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
AIA Australia has launched a fitness program that will be sold to clients who purchase an insurance policy via financial advisers. The AIA Vitality program was launched in Sydney this morning at the Incentivising a Healthier Australia national forum. ...