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Simon McKeon to join AMP board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
AMP announced today that Macquarie Group executive chairman Simon McKeon will join the AMP board as a non-executive director, effective March 27. McKeon is also chairman of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and he ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... when the more aggressive Haruhiko Kuroda replaces 'big stimulus' hawk Masaaki Shirakawa at the helm of the Japanese central bank. This has spurred widespread optimism that the sun couldn't help but rise again in 'The Land of the Rising Sun' as both fiscal ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... points, or 0.30 per cent, to 3,232.09. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets maintained earlier gains after the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England held their key rates, forgoing any new stimulus measures. London's FTSE 100 index of leading ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... the CAC 40 lost 0.35 per cent to 3,773.76 points as markets awaited a monthly rate-setting meeting by the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday. Earlier in the day, dealers had taken their cue from Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... the four major banks all opened strongly. ANZ jumped 45 cents to $29.32, Westpac added 37.5 cents to $31.625, Commonwealth Bank gained 76 cents to $69.44 and National Australia Bank surged 51 cents to $31.10. Energy stocks also performed well at open. ...

New UK fin services watchdog polls public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... Financial Services Authority. The new structure is essentially a 'twin peak' model very similar to Australia's, consisting of the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee, the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority. In ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... 'whatever it takes' pledges, there was nowhere else for equities to go but up, up, up. A corollary to this is that central bank actions have pushed investors away from very, very low yielding cash. So where now? Dow up or Dow down? The cheery view is ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian market has shot up by more than one-and-a-half per cent at noon, with investors using yesterday's falls to lap up cheaper stocks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner describes it as a relief rally following Monday's decline. ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... this target. And should the economy slow by more than targeted, China's benign consumer price inflation provides the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) plenty of scope for accommodation. Inflation eased to 2.0% in January from 2.5% in the previous month, half ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 31 points at 5052. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia December board has its monthly board meeting to make its interest rate decision. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ...