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Australian stocks weaker at close

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... below 95 US cents to two-and-a-half year lows, after US stocks fell overnight. Financial stocks were lower, with Commonwealth Bank down 14 cents to $66.11, Westpac had fallen 48 cents to $28.71 and ANZ was down 34 cents at $26.86. National Australia ...

Free service may help advisers bypass FoFA costs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Curve Securities' new service, 'TD Gateway', will enable financial advisers to bypass many of the costs associated with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, according to Curve managing director Andrew Murray. The free-of-charge service will ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... probably come back later at a level that they're more comfortable with." Banking stocks are also weaker, with Commonwealth Bank losing 30 cents to $65.95, Westpac falling 13 cents to $28.06 and ANZ shedding seven cents to $27.13. But National Australia ...

Challenger in $602m alliance with Federation shopping malls

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Challenger has entered into an agreement to buy half shares in six Federation shopping malls in a deal worth $602 million. The asset manager will take a 50% stake in regional shopping centres in Bankstown and Roselands in New South Wales as well as ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself." - Publilius Syrus (Maxim 511) What parent would name his child Publilius? But Pub - the Assyrian who wrote mimes in Latin during the 1 BC - as he was fondly called could have been describing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... sharply lower, with sentiment hit by weak eurozone data on the eve of an interest rate decision from the European Central Bank as well as fears the Fed will begin cutting monetary stimulus. Official data showed the 17-member eurozone stuck in recession ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... per cent and falls in key commodities such as oil and gold. Market players also seemed still disappointed that the Reserve Bank of Australia left the cash rate at 2.75 per cent. "We are just seeing some more money being taken off the table," BBY private ...

UBS Platform appoints head of Strategy and Distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
UBS has appointed a new head of Strategy and Distribution of its Platform Solution Group as part of its strategy to develop its superannuation fund offering. Former AustralianSuper product manager of Investments Paul Souter will be the new head of Strategy ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... investor, consumer and business confidence. Investor, consumer and business confidence that's still dependent on central bank largesse.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... accounts data, including gross domestic product for the March quarter. Meanwhile, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for May is due out. In equities news, there's a briefing in Sydney on the ...