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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... encouraging local earnings results, including telecommunications giant Telstra. Despite lucklustre retail sales data all the major US markets gained overnight with the Dow Jones rising 0.55 per cent while the broad-based S&P 500 jumped 0.67 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... higher dividend... I think the market at the end of the day is a little bit disappointed they didn't do better." The other major banks were mixed with Westpac up 17 cents to $33.75, ANZ down five cents to 32.83 and NAB down five cents $34.35. Suncorp ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... is higher following gains on Wall Street and in Europe overnight. The lift comes after gains of more than one per cent on major European indices and a smaller rise on Wall Street. Patterson's Securities economist Tony Farnham said resources and financial ...

CBA appoints international experts to oversee advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
Jeff Carmichael's Promontory Financial Group has been appointed independent expert for the Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) Open Advice Review program. The appointment follows a series of announcements made ahead of the company results, which will be released ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... over Ukraine and a sharp increase in violence in Iraq that prompted the first US air strikes since 2011. LONDON - Europe's major stock markets fell as investors fled for havens amid US air strikes in Iraq and fierce fighting on Ukraine's eastern border. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... Ukraine and the Middle East conflicts. Australia's market followed negative leads on Wall Street overnight with all three major US exchanges ending the day in the red. The Dow Jones dropped 75.07 points to 16,368.27, while broad-based S&P 500 fell 10.67 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... advertisements series for July is due out as is the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge, also for July. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday retreated on the eve of Australia's company earnings season. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... economy. "There's a bit of a query about whether we might see some deterioration over the next two or three months." The major resource stocks started the day mixed with BHP up 12 cents at $38.44, and Fortescue up one cent to $4.70. Rio Tinto was down ...

FSC bids to lead retirement income debate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden has called for a national retirement income policy. In his keynote speech to the FSC Annual Conference, Brogden said the FSC would embrace the opportunity and lead the debate on taking superannuation ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... you're never gonna keep me down" (continued from yesterday's blurb). Small and almost flat they may be, but gains in the major indices were enough to take Wall Street up again after getting knocked down the previous day through to the open of last night's ...