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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... Markets market analyst Cameron Peacock said the market was lower on the back of several companies - Telstra, Commonwealth Bank, UGL and JB Hi-Fi - trading ex-dividend. "The market's pretty square when you consider that to be the fact," Mr Peacock said. ...

Sitting and waiting and still hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... broader mutualisation of solvency risks should be... with the governments and parliaments, and should not occur via central bank balances." So there, the song remains the same in Europe. The paymasters give vague promises, plans and pledges for the cost ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... following a non-descript finish on Wall Street overnight and European bourses fell after Germany and the European Central Bank dampened hopes for powerful action to fix the eurozone debt crisis. At 0759 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... price index futures contract was 23 points higher at 4,353 points, with 14,408 contracts traded. Telstra and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) weighed on the market, after each paid out their final dividends for the 2011/12 financial year. The value of a company's ...

Write-down clouds Bendigo's 43% profit tumble

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank will be running a tight ship, after announcing a 43% decline in full-year profit this morning. The bank said that its $195 million profit was affected by a $95 million write-off of goodwill in December 2011, after declines ...

RBC appoints director of client operations

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... served as head of fund accounting at Macquarie Investment Management. He has also worked for Northern Trust and Deutsche Bank in senior management positions in Ireland. In his new role, Hogan will assume responsibility for managing client operations ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... 4,335. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics merchandise import data for July and the Commonwealth Bank's business sales indicator for July are both due out. In equities news, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Challenger, Clearview ...

Wealth down as ANZ posts $4.5bn profit

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... according to Reuters. Unaudited net income for the nine months was up 10.3% on the previous year to $4.4 billion, with a bank statement saying all main divisions achieved growth with the exception of the wealth unit, which was "down slightly". "We have ...

Advisers urged to discuss structured giving

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Philanthropy director of Opportunity International, Stephen Robertson has said the increase in advisers initiating the philanthropy conversation with high net worth clients is worthy of recognition. While the decision to give is ultimately the clients' ...

Life readies for new cap increases

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Insurers are preparing for the impact of the Life and General Insurance Capital (LAGIC) reforms, increasing their capital reserves. Challenger yesterday revealed that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) had proposed transition arrangements ...