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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The share market is higher as miners benefit from a surprise cut to interest rates in China. Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the absence of any adverse events on overseas markets, a cut to interest rates by the People's ...

Millionaire investors swell in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The number of investors holding $1 million or more has experienced the largest growth in the past five years, Investment Trends' latest report revealed. Australia minted 43,500 new millionaires over 2014 and the high net worth (HNW) investor population ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher after a mixed night in overseas markets. At 0652 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,885. The Dow Jones index was down 0.2 per cent going into the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street which dipped from record highs following mixed earnings reports. At 0840 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,903. In local ...

China easing a tailwind for A-share market

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
The People's Bank of China monetary easing policies have resulted in liquidity pouring mainly into the A-share market, J.P. Morgan emerging markets equity managing director George J. Iwanicki learned in a recent trip to the country. A-shares are shares ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following rises on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve chief indicated the US central bank was in no hurry to raise its interest rate. At 0833 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains in metals prices overnight. At 0657 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up eight points at 5,876. In equities news, Medibank Private, Cabcharge, Transpacific ...

Law firm deems SIV changes unworkable

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Proposed changes to the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) aimed at pumping funds into small businesses and venture capital projects could spell disaster for the scheme because Chinese investors want low risk assets, according to law firm Hall & Wilcox. ...

ASIC stops Bitcoin miner discussing IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
ASIC has issued a stop order prohibiting Bitcoin Group from discussing its intention to IPO prior to submitting a prospectus. Bitcoin Group is a "miner" of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. This entails using software to solve complex mathematical problems ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
The share market has opened lower amid fears of a Greek debt default. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's vow to stand by his anti-austerity electoral promises are denting global equity markets but locally, the mining giants and consumer discretionary ...