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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... has no plans to invade Ukraine," he said. Locally the four major banks were leading the surge higher. National Australia Bank jumped 40 cents, or 1.15 per cent, to $35.13, Westpac surged 35 cents, or 1.04 per cent, to $34.00, ANZ gained 31 cents, or ...

CFS outlines post-awards plans

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... State (CFS) has revealed how it will approach a post-awards environment, including the use of advisers and targeting business bank customers. The fund management and super arm of banking giant Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has also added its voice ...

Chinese currency reforms to transform bond benchmarks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... to affect investors in Australia and globally." Briscoe said the recent announcement of an agreement between ASX Group and Bank of China to deliver renminbi settlement services to the Australian and Chinese financial markets was an important step in ...

Blue Sky hires ex-Certitude exec to run new office

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Listed alternative investment manager Blue Sky has appointed ex-Certitude Global Investments executive Laz Siapantas to run its new office in Melbourne. Siapantas has been appointed as Blue Sky's new key account manager and will be responsible for servicing ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... at the Russian stock market's 11% drop overnight or the impact on Russia's already slowing economy of the Russian Central Bank's decision to lift interest rates by 150 bps to 7% -- in order to halt the ruble sell-off (down 1.8% overnight and 10% for ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,417. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices for February and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... commerce and trade flows, which would affect confidence and company profitability, he said. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank was 72 cents lower at $73.94, National Australia Bank had lost 30 cents at $34.44, Westpac was down 31 cents at $33.16 ...

Market down on Ukraine unrest

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... the Ukraine," he said. "It's going to be a very, very geopolitically-motivated day." Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank added three cents to $74.69, while National Australia Bank shed 21 cents to $34.53, Westpac lost 16 cents to $33.31 and ANZ ...

market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,417. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices for February and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases ...

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... superannuation funds re-route large amounts of money to the banking system. "The superannuation sector had $215 billion in bank deposits at September 2013. That constitutes 14.2% of the funds in the super system," he said. He also beat the drum of long-term ...