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Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The Australian share market is lower, pulled back by the big miners and oil stocks. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said energy stocks were under real pressure as crude oil prices sank to a fresh five-year low on worries about a ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... oil stocks the worst performers. Oil prices have slumped to fresh five year lows, while markets in the US and Europe lost ground. "There's lots going on that is holding the market back... there's not too much to cheer about at this stage," CommSec market ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... Australian dollar was fine when we didn't have to worry about actually making things here, just digging them out of the ground and exporting them. But now that we have to compete internationally in areas like tourism, manufacturing, higher education ...

High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Leading superannuation fund executives were recognised at the 2014 Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Awards held in Melbourne last night. When Sam Sicilia's name was announced as this year's recipient of the annual Chief ...

Government explains Challenger annuity mix-up

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has given its reasons for changing the way it assesses Challenger's Care Annuity, saying it had mistakenly been assessing it on the grounds that investors in the annuity could not get their capital back. However ...

Cbus delivered last blow before RC interim report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... by CFMEU officers." In response to Butera's submission, in which her solicitor denied the allegation of perjury on the ground that "she did not intentionally give evidence before the Commission that she knew was relevantly false or misleading," and argues ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... following the US session, in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 finished virtually flat while the Nasdaq lost ground. "It's pretty much what we expected from overnight developments," he said. In the resources sector, global miner BHP ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... rates low well into 2015. LONDON - European stock markets diverged after a mixed report on US jobs while the euro recovered ground against the dollar after a strong week for the greenback. The Paris CAC 40 dropped 0.89 per cent to 4,189.89 points on ...

BNP Paribas top custodian for client satisfaction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Securities Services new head Ian Perkins said: "These survey-leading results underscore our commitment to provide on-the-ground local expertise and service excellence coupled with world leading technology, processes and systems. "We seek to partner with ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after a pullback on Wall Street. Mixed earnings reports triggered a broad market retreat in the US overnight, breaking a three-session winning streak. Analysts said the pullback was not surprising given that ...