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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... 16 points at 5,364. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out. In equities news, David Jones is expected to post first half results. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... system requires the funds to be domiciled in the EU, this means that Asian economies miss out on the associated economic activity and additional government revenue. But Stockell said even the incumbent UCITS structure could come under threat if regulators ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... Wesfarmers. US stocks declined on Friday with falls in home sales blamed on severe winter weather that has depressed economic activity. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian and US markets were still flirting with the highs ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... Wesfarmers. US stocks declined on Friday with falls in home sales blamed on severe winter weather that has depressed economic activity. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian and US markets were still flirting with the highs ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... Wesfarmers. US stocks declined on Friday with falls in home sales blamed on severe winter weather that has depressed economic activity. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian and US markets were still flirting with the highs ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... achieve its aim of increasing collective GDP in the next five years." (Bloomberg) They're going to "lift global economic activity by $US2 trillion ($A2.2 trillion) over the next five years...". ( http://www.sbs.com.au/ ) And they have a plan: "To achieve ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... six points at 5,369. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out. In equities news, Fortescue Metals Group, Wesfarmers, The Reject Shop, Southern Cross Media, Suncorp Group, Brambles ...

CBA posts $4.27bn half year profit

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... was positive activity in the housing sector. "So all in all, we continue to assume that any improvements in economic activity in the next year will be gradual rather than dramatic," Narev said.

Regulation holding financial services back: Brogden

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... manage large amounts of foreign money means that Australia also fails to receive the flow-on benefits from higher economic activity, employment and tax collection, Brogden said. "Instead, we are losing this business to Hong Kong, Singapore and others ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... Bureau of Statistics releases CPI data for the December quarter while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indexes of Economic Activity for November is also due out. In major equities news, BHP Billiton is expected to post its fourth quarter production report. ...