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Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... and Oil Search was 12.5 cents higher at $8.20. The major banks all opened in negative territory before National Australia Bank made some ground. NAB gained three cents at $38.12, but Commonwealth Bank was down 29 cents at $90.84, ANZ lost two cents to ...

Employers must do more to promote ethical culture

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
Legislation will not be enough to promote an ethical financial services industry which engenders trust, according to CFA Institute. CFA Society president Anthony Serhan said while reforms such as Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) have improved transparency ...

No board meeting necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
Central bank surprises continue. This week started with the People's Bank of China (PBOC) surprising with a weekend announcement that it is lowering both its benchmark one-year lending rate and one-year deposit rate by 25 basis points each to 5.35% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... and weak leads from Wall Street. IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas says the market is muddled by a slight bounce back in the bank, healthcare and diversified financial sectors a day after the Reserve Bank of Australia left its interest rate on hold. Those ...

Baird to launch Sydney not-for-profit "fintech hub"

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... Express, AMP, ANZ, Capital Markets CRC, CIFR, FINSIA, Finzsoft, HSBC, IAG, Intel, KPMG, Macquarie Group, Oracle, Suncorp Bank, Veda, Westpac and Woolworths. The space will consist of "1,230 square metres of agile office space," according to a KPMG statement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... are the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for February and the National Australia Bank's online retail sales index for January. Speakers at the International Women's Day Breakfast in Sydney include Erin Flaherty ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... not been at 6,000 points since January 2008, during the global financial crisis. Investors are speculating that the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut the cash rate to a new record low of 2.00 per cent in an announcement on Tuesday afternoon. Rate cut ...

AMP Capital steps into Japanese infra market

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
AMP Capital is set to become an investment adviser to GII, a Japanese company that invests in renewable energy assets. AMP Capital will assist GII to acquire high quality assets as well as provide ongoing advice. GII's first acquisition will be operating ...

CBA appoints top marketing exec

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has appointed a group executive of marketing and strategy, reporting directly to chief executive officer Ian Narev. Vittoria Shortt joined CBA in 2002 and has held a number of roles in the retail banking businesses of CBA and ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... announced that it'll be patient for a little while longer (and still re-investing the proceeds of its asset purchases), the Bank of Japan (BOJ) that's in the midst of QE or the European Central Bank (ECB) that's about to kick-off its QE, perhaps as early ...