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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is trading lower, with a mixed performance on United States markets weighing on investor sentiment. CMC chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said enthusiasm on the local bourse was fading, including from institutional ...

Australia signs FATCA agreement with US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian government has signed an inter-governmental agreement with the United States to implement the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in a bid to improve international tax compliance. The agreement, together with relevant enabling ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... quarter. No major equities news, is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday rose following the lead of the United States market which was pushed upward by solid corporate earnings reports. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 25.1 points, or 0.46 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
The Australian share market is trading higher after solid corporate earnings reports lifted the United States market. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local bourse was trading on a positive note after the Easter break. "The pipe-opener ...

Portfolio disclosure's unintended consequences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... range of data to pension funds already because it is routinely demanded in other jurisdictions especially in the United States and throughout Asia. "But only in Australia are you proposing to publish the underlying portfolio company information on a ...

Knight Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... of our economic objectives will likely require low real interest rates for some time is again not confined to the United States but is shared broadly across many advanced economies." Happy Easter to all and most especially to you Aunt Janet... errr ...

Professor proposes cheap longevity insurance design

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... ASX 200 had negative compound returns. Milevsky said that Australia had a great advantage over countries like the United States because the system here is relatively young and nimble. "One of the things that excites me about Australia is there's this ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... expected on Monday. In Australia, the market on Friday closed sharply lower after a fall in technology stocks on United States markets caused a wider sell-off on Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 52.2 points, or 0.95 per cent, to 5,428.6 ...

Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... manipulation tasks could eventually diminish," the research said. The investigation focused on employment in the United States and concluded that 47% of total US employment is at risk. Those at lower risk of being computerised are occupations that require ...

William Blair opens three funds to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... accessible via the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) - something that, arguably, Australians need even more than United States and European investors, because of the comparatively small size of the Australian market. "Investors in the developed world ...