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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... revived expectations of an interest rate cut help the banks. The miners are the strongest performers after Brazilian giant Vale suggested it might take 30 million tonnes off the market in a positive sign for the iron ore price. "The supply-demand imbalance ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Like an expectant father, the Australian stock market is beaming with gleeful anticipation of a birth of another child. It's coming! It's coming! Expectations that the RBA would deliver another 25 bps cut in the official cash rate - taking it down to ...

In the archives: Mavis Robertson on the importance of more women on boards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... you've never looked at before. But until we have [more women on boards], we will never know. And that's the issue." Vale Mavis Robertson AM

Vale Mavis Robertson AM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Mavis Robertson, one of the pioneers of the Australian superannuation sector, has died. Robertson's career spanned more than six decades in the union movement and then in superannuation as fund secretary of BUS (Building Unions Superannuation) and AUST ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is set to open lower due to falls in commodity prices at the end of last week. At 0700 AEST on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,495. In economic news on Monday, the bureau of ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Shares Rally. Indian Stocks Climb to a Record Before Exit Polls. Ibovespa Gains Most in Americas as Commodity Rally Drives Vale. Europe Stocks Rise to Six-Year High; Mining Stocks Rally. China Stocks Rise Most in Seven Weeks on Market Measures. There ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... while the Australian Industry Group's Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for March is also slated for release. Vale chief executive Murilo Ferreira is to speak at a Melbourne Mining Club lunch. No major equities news is expected. In Australia ...

Vale Gwen Fletcher

JULIE BENNETT  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Australia's First Lady of Financial Planning, Gwen Fletcher passed away peacefully in a Sydney nursing home on Friday 28 February. Gwen played a vital role in extending the financial planning profession beyond America's shores to Australia. It was also ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
"There's a reason for the sunshinin' sky There's a reason why I'm feeling so high Must be the season when that love light shines all around us..." - Bellamy Brothers Quite fitting don't you think? Equity markets everywhere felt the 'love' on the week ...

Reinsurance specialist boosts Australian team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Global risk and reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter has expanded its Australian operations team with six new hires and new risk advice solutions. The new appointments will be based in Sydney and will allow the firm to expand its offering from a traditional ...