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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... September share price index futures contract was up two points at 5,580. In local economic news on Thursday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases June's financial aggregates figures while the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) posts building approvals ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... week. That's because there is a number of major events in the next three days that investors are waiting for." The US central bank meets on Wednesday (US time) while the quarterly US economic growth data is also set to be released. China will provide ...

Mercer appoints two independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... our future growth and success." "Melissa enjoyed a successful executive career in financial markets trading with Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust and has gained valuable experience through her board positions with Swiss Re, Q Super, Athletics Australia ...

Fitzpatricks hires former CFSGAM head of marketing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... role at Colonial, Bold was head of marketing at Vanguard. Prior to that he was general manager of marketing at Commonwealth Bank's financial planning and advice division. Ireland was chief operating officer of Brevan Howard in the United Kingdom, before ...

Lonsec makes portfolio manager changes after review

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... return could lead to portfolio overexposure in certain sectors - a prime example of this is current investor concentration in bank stocks. This strategy increased sensitivity to a few factors, meaning that while the market might behave well most of the ...

PROFILE: Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... "Obviously it was a learning curve." In 2000, 18 months after he joined the company, MLC was acquired by National Australia Bank (NAB), part of a general move on the part of the big banks to acquire investment management arms (Westpac acquired BT and ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... knows it. In fact, on 17 July -- fresh from attending the negotiations and eventual launched of the BRICS' "New Development Bank (NDB) -- Putin told reporters in Brazil that: "Sanctions have a boomerang effect and without any doubt they will push U.S.-Russian ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... September share price index futures contract was down one point at 5,538. In economic news on Wednesday, the National Australia Bank releases its June quarter Australian commercial property survey. In equities news, New Zealand company Metro Performance ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... slide in its first-half profit linked to problems with its Latin American operations. Among the major banks, the Commonwealth Bank was up 34 cents at $82.34, ANZ had found four cents at $33.56, and National Australia Bank had firmed 14 cents to $34.83 ...

Brogden rejects cross-selling enticement fears

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
Banks would not legally be able to offer incentives to business bank clients to entice them into their MySuper products, the Financial Services Council has said. The statement came in response to claims from Industry Super Australia that, in the event ...