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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after the OPEC oil cartel decided not to cut output despite a supply gut and falling crude prices. At 0825 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,397. Wall ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks fluctuated as data showing the economy expanded more than previously forecast was offset by a drop in consumer confidence. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
"And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound." -- Clement Moore, 'Twas the Night before Christmas' Nah, 'tis ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
ASX and the Bank of China have signed a heads of agreement to develop the Renminbi (RMB) as a currency in Australia's financial markets. The heads of agreement complements the recent appointment of the Bank of China as the official RMB clearing bank ...

Infra manager Hastings inks major China deal

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Infrastructure manager Hastings has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Hong Kong-headquartered China Merchants Investment Development Company Limited (CMID) on the back of yesterday's China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. In April this ...

Industry seizes China FTA opportunities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
The financial services industry has been quick off the mark following the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and China yesterday, with many Australian institutions already announcing their own deals with Chinese businesses and ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Promises, promises. The G20 gabfest has come... and gone, but were it not for the much-awaited "will he, won't he" - that is, will Tony "shirtfront" Vlad, won't he? - 'twas, for all intents, and purposes as sleepy as Brisbane is. Oh yeah, Australia ...

IFM has 'concerns' over infra prices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
IFM Investors' head of European infrastructure debt David Cooper has stopped short of saying there is an infrastructure bubble, but raised 'concerns' about the prices institutional investors are paying for infrastructure. When asked to comment on whether ...

Sydney set to become China share trading hub

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Sydney's time zone could see it become a hub for processing trades via the cross border trading link connecting Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to Omgeo executive director of industry relations Tony Freeman. The Shanghai Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
hanghai and Hong Kong's equity markets stood out yesterday. The Shanghai composite index surged by 2.3% and the Hang Seng index gained more than 0.8% despite renewed anxiety over a China slowdown ignited by price data showing that consumer price inflation ...