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Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... back populist protest rivals, with the Ibex-35 index closing 2.01 per cent lower at 11,322.30 points. The CAC 40 a lost ground due to "the combination of a holiday and an empty economic calendar," said Christopher Dembik, economist at Saxo Banque. But ...

Treasury proposes higher regulatory levies for super funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
The Treasury has issued its proposed regulatory levies for 2015/16. Under the new proposal, APRA-regulated institutions will collectively pay $117.5 million to help fund the prudential regulator, a half-percent increase on the previous financial year. ...

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... is really important for us because the funds management sector will be able to gain knowledge from having offices on the ground." Peter said opening up to Asia "is a potential game changer for our industry. In a free market environment we will be able ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... into $US4.30 per share, better than the $US3.94 per share projected by analysts. LONDON - Europe's stock markets have lost ground as Greece failed to make progress in talks with its eurozone partners and concerns mounted about the potential for a default. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... generation," said analyst Nick Stamenkovic at RIA Capital Markets. HONG KONG - Asian shares have fallen after Wall Street lost ground in the middle of the week after weaker-than-expected US economic data and a warning from US Federal Reserve chair Janet ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after US stocks lost ground overnight. At 0651 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 24 points at 5,631. Wall Street fell for a second straight session following disappointing ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... overnight. At 0700 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 29 points at 5,835. US stocks gained some ground following the first rise in US factory orders in eight months. Locally, the Reserve Bank has its board meeting and ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... global financial crisis, in a bid to help one of the government's most important economic-rescue initiatives get off the ground". Citing unidentified officials, the WSJ reports that the PBOC "will allow banks to swap local-government bailout bonds for ...

Nikko partners geopolitical risk specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. "Our analysts are evaluating reams of data that is collected on the ground and through open-source methods, yielding unparalleled breadth and depth of actionable information." Eurasia Group's team of ...

Emerging markets a no go in 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... widespread sell-off meant emerging markets ended 2014 lower than they started, and so far this year they have yet to gain much ground, trading around 20% lower than their 2011 peaks. It appears the combination of headwinds from a strengthening US dollar ...