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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... $US1,424.605. Australia's major lenders were stronger, but there was no clear driver, Mr Lakos said. He said National Australia Bank was the standout, with the bank's stock adding 16 cents, or 0.64 per cent, to $25.30. In other news on Tuesday, Murchison ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... upward pressure on prices, but the strengthening currency acts to relieve some of this pressure. And then, there's the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) that could afford to raise interest rates at any time if necessary because of the country's economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... price index contract was up four points at 4758 points, on volume of 4,652 contracts. In economics news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor (financial) Malcolm Edey is due to deliver a speech to the Cards and Payments Australasia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... Tinto was 13 cents lower at $81.89. The major banks were mixed. Westpac was two cents higher at $23.75, National Australia Bank firmed nine cents to $25.11, ANZ found eight cents to $23.45, and Commonwealth Bank was eight cents richer at $51.75. National ...

Super rollovers go electronic

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... of stamps, envelopes, writing cheques and labour: it's expensive," Hewett said. By contrast the eRollover Hub works like a bank, using a ClickSuper e-commerce engine to process the rollovers. The super fund simply sends the data and cash through the ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... services sector can therefore look forward to more uncertainty over its microeconomic reforms, but popular mooted changes to bank regulation are unlikely to be effected. These forces are not expected to translate to changes to investor confidence, unless ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... half results in Melbourne and Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd is due to release its full year results. Meanwhile, Commonwealth bank adviser and global economist David Hale is due to speak in Melbourne. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
C'mon commodities! Just like equity markets, commodities have been knocked down by the recent increase in volatility but have just as quickly recovered. Commodity prices largely depend on rising demand - or more accurately, demand outstripping supply ...

PineBridge enjoys strong inflows in EM debt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
From managing a modest $25 million in emerging markets in the mid-90s to $5.5 billion today, global fund manager Pinebridge Investments is benefiting from the growing number of investors that use EM debt as a portfolio diversifier. Rajeev Mittal, head ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... or 1.96 per cent, to $6.24. The major banks were all stronger. Westpac was 39 cents higher at $23.81, National Australia Bank firmed 12 cents to $24.92, ANZ found two cents to $23.31 and Commonwealth Bank was up 19 cents at $51.91. In other equities ...