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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... time by nearly 30 per cent. Gains by the big banks were helping neutralise the falls of the miners. The National Australia Bank was 20 cents higher at $33.69, Westpac had gained nine cents to $34.51, ANZ had lifted 17 cents to $33.66 and Commonwealth ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... another recession. The Fed is withdrawing stimulus, engendering renewed trust in fiat money and easing inflation fears. The Bank of Japan is in the midst of turning deflation into inflation while the European Central Bank is about to take action to ensure ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... inflation gauge for May, and the Australian Industry Group releases its performance of manufacturing index for May. The Reserve Bank of Australia will also publish its index of commodity prices for May. The market on Friday closed lower, with the benchmark ...

SFGA top exec leaves following IOOF bid

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
SFG Australia (SFGA) company secretary and chief financial officer will depart to take up a position with Commonwealth Bank (CBA), only two weeks after IOOF made an offer to acquire SFGA. Linda Fox will start on her new role at CBA on July 11 but will ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... $59.84, BHP Billiton had fallen nine cents to $37.40 and Fortescue Metals was six cents lower at $4.48. The National Australia Bank was four cents higher at $33.45 while Westpac had shed eight cents to $34.44, ANZ had dropped nine cents to $33.64 and ...

Macquarie exec posed as family office to learn secrets

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... originated from the computer of a junior marketing employee at Macquarie Funds in London. A Macquarie spokesman told the AFR the bank "expects the highest standards of its employees and will be fully investigating this matter". The competitor does not ...

Market wrap AAP

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... March share price index futures contract was 10 points higher at 5,541. In economic news in Australia on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will release its monthly private sector credit data. The local market on Thursday closed closed lower as falling ...

CBA does not address "sketchy" info allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has failed to address allegations by the Senate Economics Committee that it provided "sketchy" and insufficient information to the inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in statement released ...

Survey reveals investors greatest fear in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
A hard landing in China is the risk investors are most concerned about in the second half of 2014, according to a recent Credit Suisse survey. The financial services company collected data via snap polls of attendees at its fifth annual Global Macro ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The share market has recovered most of its early losses to be relatively flat. The big miners remain in negative territory amid heavy falls in the iron ore price, but gains by several industrial and energy stocks, as well as Telstra, are offsetting ...