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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute survey of consumer sentiment is due for release and Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Chris Kent will deliver a speech in Sydney. At the close on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher after investors regained some of their appetite to buy. The big miners and the major banks made early gains. IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said investors were using recent dividend payments to ...

Vietnam an attractive fit for family offices

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... more Australian companies are putting money into Vietnam. "High profile businesses in finance including ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, QBE Insurance and some oil and gas exploration through Santos," he said. "There are lot of opportunities in financial services ...

Ascalon appoints new Australia head

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
Ascalon Capital Managers as (Ascalon) appointed Robert Lance as its new Australian country head. Lance will lead relationships with Ascalon's boutique partners in Australia. The news of this appointment follows a day after the announcement that Jason ...

No promises, promises for Kuroda

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... down to $1.3001 from $1.3004 late in New York on Friday. The yen tumbled against the US dollar in the wake of last week's Bank of Japan (BoJ) stimulus announcement. The greenback surged to 99.01 yen, which was the highest level since May 2009. It later ...

Bribery and corruption concerns for super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... corruption risk, but smaller mining companies as well as financial services companies were high-risk areas. Commonwealth Bank and Macquarie Group, for example, provide little detail on their management of this risk area, the research found. "Companies ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... four major banks were mixed, with ANZ up five cents to $27.80 and Westpac eight cents higher at $30.33. But Commonwealth Bank fell 53 cents to $66.40 and National Australia Bank lost nine cents to $30.48. US stocks pared back sharp losses on Friday as ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... as well as being backward-looking. "Unintended consequences can appear later. For example requiring much higher levels of bank capital, in order to avoid future systemic risks, runs counter to the politicians' call for banks to lend more to hard-pressed ...

2011 and 2012 Redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013