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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... shows the People's Bank of China are looking to try and support growth," he said. But, while the overall market was up, the big miners were bucking the trend. Among the local miners, BHP shares were flat at $33.86, Rio Tinto was down 13 cents at $56.10 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... cent, to $3.58 after data showed the number of passengers had increased three per cent in the first half of calendar 2013. The big four banks were higher, with the Commonwealth Bank up 19 cents to $71.93, ANZ 15 cents higher at $29.10, NAB lifting eight ...

FPA granting consumers inside access to funds management industry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is inviting planners to show their clients an insider's view of the financial services industry through an industry event in Sydney in October. The FPA is holding a breakfast for planners and their clients at ...

Super board quality compromised over pay rates

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... Bushby. "As they (superannuation funds) are such an increasingly important part of our financial system, it is vital that a big picture analysis of that system considers how super funds should fit into the regulatory framework in the best interests of ...

Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... financial markets this question, there surely would be a chorus of "yes it was!" They're still basking in the afterglow of Big Ben Bernanke's comforting words. In fact 'twas so good the Dow and the S&P 500 closed at fresh record highs overnight. So deym ...

Economy 'not running out of puff': Wayne Swan

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... investment is growing and policy settings are in place to support the transition. "Non-mining business investment is twice as big as mining investment. If we add in dwelling construction and public investment then the total of non-mining investment is ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
It doesn't get any clearer than this! It's crystal! No more communications breakdown. No more failure to communicate. Big Ben Bernanke has delivered! While it's mostly a reiteration of the repeated message I've been telling you he's been telling us ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... stimulus could be wound up next year if economic growth remained steady as forecast. But Bernanke added that tapering the big bond-purchase program is "by no means" a "preset course". European markets switched gears with the testimony and at close, London's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... per cent, or 11 cents, at 36 cents. The company had been placed in a trading halt, at 25 cents, on Tuesday. But, all four big banks were lower, with Westpac down 14 cents at $29.53, ANZ losing eight cents to $29.07, NAB dropping 11 cents to $29.99, and ...

A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... (reportedly sometime this week) is unspinnable - it's either a Prince or a Princess. Not so for Bernanke. Subject to interpretation, Big Ben could also deliver a frog.