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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a fluctuating night on Wall Street where a rebound in tech stocks offset a transport industry, including airlines, slump. At 0800 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was unchanged ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Markit Economics' flash PMI (purchasing managers' index) data dump yesterday gives us the lay of the land for first quarter economy and beyond. While it's tempting to correlate these PMI readings with the effectiveness (or not) of the monetary policy ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The share market is stronger due to gains on Wall Street and signs of another Reserve Bank rate cut. The market opened higher after a strong session on Wall Street, sparked by a fall in the US dollar ahead of the US central bank's policy meeting, and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell on renewed anxiety over falling oil prices and the rising US dollar. At 0805 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 11 points at 5,801. In local economic ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life (PFL) recognised Australia's top insurers and life risk products at a black tie event in Sydney last night. TAL received the overall Platinum Award and the Trauma award, and was a finalist ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is higher buoyed by strength from the major banks and despite weakness in the resources sector. CMC Markets chief analyst strategist Michael McCarthy said the local bourse was bouncing back after Monday's negative momentum ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The share market has opened flat as strength in high-yield bank stocks is balanced out by weak energy and mining sectors. IG market strategist Evan Lucas says the market is repositioning itself into high-yield stocks in expectation of an upcoming rate ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
The Australian share market is pushing higher after market heavyweight BHP Billiton increased its dividend and announced fresh cost cutting. On a busy day of corporate earnings reports, BHP Billiton had the healthiest market reaction, with shares up ...

BNP Paribas pinches senior JPM custody exec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services has poached J.P. Morgan's custody and fund services head of product. David Braga will join the company as head of Australia and New Zealand in mid-May. He has 25 years' experience in the financial services ...

Focus on yield is distorting asset prices: PM Capital

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Australian investors' strong focus on yield is distorting asset prices and increasing the risk of falling into a "yield trap," PM Capital head of distribution Rob Thompson said. The focus on yield is compromising the risk/reward proposition and introducing ...