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Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... 26,687.64. Shanghai closed down 0.15 per cent, giving up 7.50 points to 5,106.04 after MSCI delayed including Chinese A shares in its benchmark index, saying it needed to resolve new issues with Chinese regulators. The market's rise in the past few days ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market has bounced back after five consecutive days of falls, helped by gains in banking and mining shares. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the market is doing surprisingly well. "We have seen iron ore ...

Barrett in buyout mode, acquires CBA firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Former ANZ advice director Paul Barrett has acquired Commonwealth Bank-owned Eureka Whittaker Macnaught through his financial planning business AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA). This is the group's first acquisition, but Barrett confirmed that it ...

CBA shares down on flat profit

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
Commonwealth Bank shares have fallen to their lowest level in more than three months after it posted a flat $2.2 billion quarterly cash profit. The bank attributed the flat March quarter result to an increase in costs and strong competition for loans. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
The sharemarket is lower after disappointing results from CSL and Suncorp Group sent their stocks dipping, while falling oil prices dented the energy sector. Shares in market heavyweight, the Commonwealth Bank also fell despite it announcing a recorded ...

More Australians to invest in China

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme. The RQFII gives foreign institutional investors access to China A shares, securities in growth sectors (such as healthcare, tech, multimedia, and consumer) not currently listed outside China, and ...

ASIC imposes conditions on Guardian Advice

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed conditions on the licence of Suncorp-owned Guardian Advice following a surveillance which uncovered deficiencies in the advice it provided to retail clients. ASIC said the company ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... Kong and Shanghai. Money managers will initially be subject to investment quotas. Northbound investors, those buying A shares via the Hong Kong exchange, have a Rmb300bn (US$49bn) limit. Southbound investors, buying H shares via Shanghai, can buy Rmb250bn". ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The Australian share market is lower as a large fall in commodity prices overnight weighs on the market. Oil prices have plunged, with Brent North Sea crude for delivery in December hitting a four-year low after Saudi Arabia slashed its export prices ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Local shares are rebounding as a surge in iron ore prices boosts the big miners. Higher commodity prices were also boosting other sectors, and are likely to help break the share market's recent losing streak, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner ...