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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
The Australian share market has opened higher as the bourse flirts with breaking the 6,000 point landmark for the first time in seven years. Australian stocks received positive leads from the US and European markets which gained on Friday night as low ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... Mark would be able to navigate the UK economy away from deflation. The FTSE-100 index broke above 7,000 points for the first time last week - the highest on record. But as with any good news, there's a sprinkling of the bad. The upcoming 7 May UK general ...

NAB, ABS insider traders jailed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... with a partner at the ABS to use sensitive information to invest in foreign exchange derivative products. This is the first time an ABS officer has been convicted of unauthorised disclosure of statistics. According to Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... European stocks rallied on optimism over quantitative easing in the eurozone, with Frankfurt topping 12,000 points for the first time. Germany's leading stock market index smashed through the psychologically important level, one week after the European ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... Yellen drop the word "patient" this month... or would she not. Many expected "patient" dropped when the FOMC met for the first time this year back in January. But Janet kept her cool. "Based on its current assessment, the Committee judges that it can ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... struck a 12-year low on expectations of a US rate hike. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index shot above the 11,800 level for the first time, hitting a new record-high at 11,822.53 points before easing slightly to finish at 11,805.99, a gain of 2.66 per cent from ...

JPM names head of product

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... 2012, but she also started her career at the company around 18 years ago. "I had a fantastic experience at JPM the first time around and I always felt it was somewhere I'd like to come back to. I'm thrilled to be offered this opportunity," Azer said. ...

Super funds blend ETFs into investment strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... we can have good active managers for our mandates," he said. Australia's ETF market has grown exponentially for the first time in its history. In February 2015, the ETF industry increased in size by $1 billion in a single month, reaching a new record ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... profit by more than 21 per cent. Billabong added three cents or 4.7 per cent to 67 cents after posting a profit for the first time in three years. Fund manager Perpetual added $1.33, or 2.4 per cent, to $53.50 after lifting its dividend to shareholders ...

NAB denies failing advice clients

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... responded that NAB has paid between $10 and $15 million in compensation to clients where the bank "didn't get it right the first time." "We have over 1.7 million customers and clearly we want our customers to get the right advice and good advice every ...