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Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... Hong Kong added 0.63 per cent, or 172.97 points, to 27,597.16. Singapore, Wellington and Bangkok were closed for public holidays. In Tokyo the Nikkei reversed initial losses caused by profit-taking as investors bet on the Bank of Japan announcing more ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after US and most European markets were closed for public holidays on Monday. At 0655 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,722. Paris' leading CAC ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... per cent gain over the past year, on expectations of further monetary easing in China. Tokyo and Seoul were closed for holidays, but early trade elsewhere in Asia had been energised by Wall Street, which put in a strong performance Monday on news of ...

AMP launches goals-based investment site

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... investment product, advisers start with a client need; for example, achieving a certain level of monthly income, going on holidays every few years or leaving an inheritance." He added: "Many advisers already use this approach and we want to make it easier ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... buy the firm in a deal worth more than $US5 billion ($A6.39 billion). Shanghai, Seoul and Taipei were closed for public holidays. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 8.852 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 5741.359.

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... retirees', the new standard found that older retirees spend less in aggregate than younger retirees due to a decrease in holidays and other leisure activities outside the home, most likely reflecting their reduced capacity for activity. However, they ...

Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
December is a time for celebration. It's almost as if there is too much going on - the holidays, summer and New Year's all come at once in a heady maelstrom of activity. Rather than wind down, everything has a sense of speeding up. The same can be said ...

Embrace rising retirement age, says futurist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... retiring. They just took half as long to do that [200 years ago] as we do. They died at 38, so started work at 11. No holidays, nothing. "Today, we work for 50 years of our life at half the number of hours they worked 200 years ago. So we should be spreading ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... 23,403.97. But Shanghai fell 0.56 per cent, or 13.10 points, to 2,326.55. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur were closed for public holidays. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 46.576 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 5279.699.

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... resources stocks again among the worst performers. But he said with markets closed in China, South Korea and India for public holidays, trading volumes were likely to be light. "That could keep volumes quite light so there may not be a lot of cash going ...