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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... through the day are likely to be low, with markets in the United States and the United Kingdom closed on Monday for public holidays. Among the major banks at 1027 AEST, Westpac had lifted 12 cents to $34.31, ANZ gained 16 cents to $33.76, National Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... a civil war. Shanghai ended flat, edging up 0.69 points to 2,028.04. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul were shut for public holidays. Taipei added 0.47 per cent, or 41.96 points, to 8,912.39 and Manila was also almost unchanged, dipping 0.53 points to 6,765.93. ...

Custodians fight hard for big super deals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... short-term commercial gain in exchange for strategic long-term deals. One method of doing this is by offering so-called 'fee holidays', whereby a custodian will let a super fund off all or a portion of custody fees for a period of time. Financial Standard ...

Super fund custody 'fee holidays' revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... Australia and New Zealand managing director Peter Baker said this increased competition has led many custodians to offer 'fee holidays'. "There are around 13 competitors in the local market and there are a number of deals being done in the market recently ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... seasonally adjusted, but the seasonal adjustment is quite inaccurate due to the different timing of Chinese New Year holidays and short record (since year 2005),"... adding that the data set "did a poor job in predicting turning points of the Chinese ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... sector and other export led industries. What this means for the average Australian, however, is that things like overseas holidays, internet shopping and fashionable European cars are going to cost more. Professor Rodney Maddock, who is Vice Chancellor's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... Hong Kong climbed 0.72 per cent, or 153.75 points, to end at 21,423.13. Shanghai and Wellington were closed for public holidays. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 index was closed for the Waitangi public holiday.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... first half results. In Australia, the market on Monday closed flat due to a slow start to the local earnings season and holidays in Asia. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.1 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 5,187.9. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... moment and searching for direction," he said. Trading volumes were still light as some investors and traders remain on holidays. "Holiday trading conditions remain, we're still looking at a low volume and low movement environment," Mr McCarthy said. ...

Happy holidays from Financial Standard

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013