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Australian fintech network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Innovation and Better Regulation, Victor Dominello, said financial services was a larger contributor to the state's economy than mining. Afiniation will hold its inaugural showcase event on September 24 at The Ivy in Sydney, where 30 of the network's ...

Australian stocks open lower on China concerns

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... of more significance to the local share market than concern about a possible Greek exit from the eurozone. At 1025 AEST, mining giant BHP Billiton was down 37 cents, or 1.41 per cent, at $25.88, while Rio Tinto had dumped 50 cents, or 0.97 per cent ...

Australian shares up on ease over Greece

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... reversed earlier losses to gain 15 cents cents to $34.27, while Santos fell 12 cents, or 1.55 per cent, to $7.62. Among the mining stocks, BHP Billiton rose three cents to $26.04, while Rio Tinto added 61 cents to $51.77 and Fortescue Metals climbed ...

GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... Australia reorients its focus to services exports, "our tax system will need to promote Australia's competitiveness." "Unlike mining and resources competitor nations, our competitors in services exports, such as Singapore and Hong Kong, have a long head ...

Van Eck lists gold miners ETF on ASX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... Eck Global will list the world's largest gold exchange traded fund (ETF) in the ASX so investors can access global gold mining companies of all sizes. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is a diversified portfolio of global gold equities that holds ...

Shares lower on Greece worries

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... Billiton was up 14 cents to $28.67, Rio Tinto was 30 cents to $55.98 and Fortescue Metals rose one cent, to $2.19. Shares in mining contractor Macmahon rose 1.9 cents to 6.5 cents at 1035 AEST after the Perth-based company wrapped up the sale of its ...

Bank stocks push share market higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... was up 60 cents to $32.77, National Australia Bank increased 55 cents to $33.33 and Westpac ticked up 44 cents to $32.74. Mining stocks were mixed, with BHP Billiton down two cents to $27.71, and Fortescue Metals down nine cents to $22.30, but Rio Tinto ...

QIC asks government to step up, break toxic cycle

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... government is looking to preserve the trajectory of their budget so they don't blow debt out, as they lose revenue for mining they're going to look for revenue somewhere else and that's going to hit the consumer." But with Australian consumers more indebted ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... price bubble will pop, but if it does over the next year or two coinciding with when the hole in growth from the decline in mining investment spending is at its deepest, the risk that Australia could experience a recession is quite high," Roberts said. ...

Cbus chief executive answers Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... having any knowledge of the superannuation fund releasing members' personal information to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). Presenting as a witness at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption today ...