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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... to 17,031.14, while the broad-based S&P 500 dipped 1.41 (0.07 per cent) to 1,984.13. Locally, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) September board meeting are due for release. On Monday, the Australian share market suffered its largest ...

QBE to invest $100 million in social benefit bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... worth as much as US$1 trillion globally by the end of the decade, including a$32 billion in Australia. National Australia Bank was also present, and announced had established a $1 million fund to support the development of similar social impact investment ...

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has said the mobilisation of private capital to fund infrastructure is his first priority ahead of the G20 meeting which kicks off today in Cairns. Speaking at the Bloomberg Sydney Summit this morning, Hockey said the G20 nations ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... rose 20 cents to $35.84, Rio Tinto gained 60 cents to $62.26, while Fortescue Metals firmed 12 cents to $4.08. Commonwealth Bank was the only major bank to post gains, rising 13.5 cents to $79.055 in early trade. National Australia Bank lost one cent ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... why: "The U.S. economy has been steadily improving, and many asset markets thriving, in the low-rate era. If the central bank moves too soon to raise interest rates, it could choke off the recovery. But if it waits too long, it risks encouraging too ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... to 17,031.14, while the broad-based S&P 500 dipped 1.41 (0.07 per cent) to 1,984.13. Locally, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) September board meeting are due for release. On Monday, the Australian share market suffered its largest ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... seem there are any bright spots to really lift sentiment to start the week off." Among the major banks, National Australia Bank fell 28 cents to $33.97, Westpac lost 27 cents to $33.98, while ANZ was down 33 cents at $32.50 and Commonwealth Bank dropped ...

NAB prepares contingency plan if Scots vote 'Yes'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
National Australian Bank will seek to register its subsidiary Clydesdale Bank as an English company should Scotland vote to become an independent nation. NAB Group chief executive Andrew Thorburn said that in the case of a 'yes' vote, registration of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open lower following Friday falls on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is down 19 points at 5,519. US stocks have dropped as the West slapped new sanctions on Russia and traders saw ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... weighed down by concerns about the possibility of a yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum. National Australia Bank fell 17 cents to $34.25, Westpac lost 24 cents to $34.38, while ANZ was down 24 cents at $32.90 and Commonwealth Bank fell 55 ...