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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... week's headline space, changes have also been afoot in China. In a statement on its website dated 15 March 2014, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced that from it is doubling the yuan's trading band against the US dollar - "The yuan will, from ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... Fortescue Metals was 10 cents stronger at $5.00. Among the major banks, Westpac improved 17 cents to $33.41, Commonwealth Bank gained 30 cents to $75.27, ANZ put on three cents at $32.15, and National Australia Bank scraped off two cents at $34.39.

Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Market Vectors ETFs (Market Vectors), the exchange traded fund (ETF) business of US-based investment manager Van Eck Global, has received an 'Investment Grade Index' rating from research house, Lonsec. "The Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... Obama has just announced that the US is expanding the list of "pillow" sanctioned Russian official - including a Russian bank - and threatened more but... "We do not need to trigger an actual war with Russia, nobody would want that." The European Union ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... 0.5 per cent following a slight 0.1 per cent rise in January and a 0.1 per cent decline in December. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said separately that manufacturing rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. The number of ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Fortescue Metals was seven cents weaker at $4.92. Among the major banks, Westpac had dropped 25 cents to $33.50, Commonwealth Bank was down 49 cents at $74.96, ANZ had eased 20 cents to $32.23 and National Australia Bank was four cents weaker at $34.47. ...

AMP Capital expands US and UK-based infra team

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... team in London and New York as it looks to further fundraising. In London, Emma Haight joins the team as director from NIBC Bank where she was vice president in the project finance division and a lead negotiator on infrastructure transactions. Haight ...

Count Financial launches its Accountants' Solution

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
Commonwealth Bank aligned deal group Count Financial (Count) has launched a solution for accountants wanting to provide self-managed superannuation (SMSF) advice following the removal of the accountants' licensing exemption. Count chief executive David ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Fortescue Metals was up five cents at $4.93. Among the major banks, Westpac had lost eight cents to $33.51, Commonwealth Bank was off eight cents at $75.11, National Australia Bank had fallen 12 cents to $34.42 and ANZ was one cent lower at $32.25. David ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Australia can face a capital requirement that is at least 100 basis points higher than that facing any other international bank subject to the minimum requirements of the Basel Framework." The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority welcomed the Basel ...