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ANZ profit on the rise in first quarter

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... ANZ held a positive outlook for 2014 despite concerns about its exposure to a slowdown in emerging economies through its heavy investment in Asia. "There remain a number of challenging issues in the global economic environment. However, these are now ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has staged a moderate recovery to buck a negative lead from the US overnight. After spending three consecutive days in the red, stocks were up two-thirds of a per cent soon after the open. This is despite Wall Street having ...

ETF assets to surpass hedge funds in 12-18 months

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... Antoinette Elias said. "The European market is comparatively sophisticated, but geographically fragmented and carries a heavy regulatory burden. The rapid development of Asian ETF markets suggests that they could leapfrog ahead of Europe in the future." ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has bounced back slightly after Tuesday's heavy losses. On Tuesday local stocks suffered their heaviest losses since August after nervous investors reacted to a sharp fall in US manufacturing activity growth. Options Xpress ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... sell-off this week. Tokyo fell 0.62 per cent, giving up earlier gains. The Nikkei dropped 92.53 points to 14,914.53, extending heavy losses suffered on Thursday. Sydney ended flat, edging up 1.9 points to 5,190.0 and Wellington added 0.51 per cent, or ...

FoFA reforms put professional standards at risk: Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... conflicted remuneration reforms as the industry has been "screaming out for a lift of the standards." "It was Labor who did the heavy lifting, who lifted the standards of the financial services industry...I would expect the industry will see these changes ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... points. The euro was at $US1.3663 from $US1.3670 late on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed after suffering a heavy sell-off in the previous session, with traders still nervous over emerging economies as they await the Federal Reserve's next ...

Equity returns hinge on corporate spending

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... medium to large super funds looking to build affordable, divers portfolios claim they have little option but to invest in heavy carbon emitters. "We're invested in today's economy, and today's economy is dependent on carbon," Hartnett said. Part of this ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
The Australian share market is slightly weaker amid few offshore leads with the US closed for the Thanksgiving public holiday. The local market's relatively flat open continues a trend of recent weeks. However, the market has fallen more than 1.5 per ...