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Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares close lower

... interest rate relief have offset the impact of improving investor sentiment abroad. Despite the generally strong tone to US markets in the past week, disappointing employment data pushed major US indexes lower overnight. The Australian market followed ...

Midday market wrap: Dollar surges higher on unchanged rates

... news with the All Ordinaries down 8.2 points to 3001.0 by lunchtime. The decline followed solid gains overnight in US markets and in Japan yesterday. Consumer staples and utilities were among the few sectors to trade higher in morning trade. Shorter-dated ...

Midday market wrap: Australian dollar surges higher

... Monday's close of $US0.6675. The Australian share market was trading lower, led down by modest losses overnight in US markets. At midday, the All Ordinaries was 6.5 points lower at 2,993.2. But Japan's Nikkei index broke through the 9,200 barrier this ...

Midday market Wrap: Australian shares open lower

... lower Monday, although losses were checked by news of a sharp narrowing in Australia's trade deficit during May. In US markets Friday, major indexes all slumped on disappointing earnings news and as investors continued to await further evidence of stronger ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares edge higher

Australian shares were higher in morning trade, although lagging gains overnight in US markets. At noon, the All Ordinaries was up 8.8 points (0.3%) and had broken back above 3,000. But the rise was relatively modest compared with gains of over 1.0% ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open lower

Australian shares opened lower, following a night of losses on US markets. Major US indexes all finished lower as the Federal Reserve opted to cut the funds rate by 25 basis points, in contrast to 50 points expected by some investors. Local declines ...

Macquarie Bank launches pioneer international investment scheme

... confidence in offshore markets, recently there has been a positive improvement in investor sentiment, particularly in the US markets. Investors who are looking to gear into these markets are telling us they want to hedge their downside risk on the underlying ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares end off highs

... one point in early morning trade the index looked poised to break through 3,090. The local market opened higher after US markets were spurred by the combination of strong manufacturing data and a Fed seemingly locked into further interest rate cuts. ...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries up slightly

The Australian share market was modestly stronger in early morning trade, following gains overnight in major US markets. Advances were reasonably broad-based, led by a 4.7% jump in Southcorp. Prices of the wine and packaging conglomerate were boosted ...

Afternoon Wrap: All Ordinaries Drifts Higher

... Australian share market continued to drift higher in afternoon trade, having opened strongly after gains overnight in US markets. The market was paced by a 1.8% gain in the energy sector, as oil price futures continued to spike higher on fears of looming ...

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Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:39PM

The Full Federal Court of Australia has criticised regulators for falling back on appeals to re-litigate cases on a different legal basis than the one run at trial.

Evergreen founder exits Ascalon Capital

KARREN VERGARA | 12:33PM

Ascalon Capital has bid farewell to Evergreen Consultants' founder Angela Ashton, shortly after acquiring the consulting firm last year.

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA | 12:10PM

ASX-listed Powerhouse Ventures has partnered with an unnamed European fund manager that will commit US$50 million to its fledgling Critical Infrastructure Opportunities (CIO) Fund.

KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI | 12:28PM

KeyInvest has launched a new investment platform to include a plethora of investment strategies ranging from private credit to global equities.

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