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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... if their steel making facilities are damaged," he said. Banking stocks were higher after a weak opening, with Commonwealth Bank up 35 cents at $50.10, Westpac had added 16 cents to $22.75, ANZ gained 13 cents to $22.76, and NAB was 15 cents higher at ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
"Beware the ides of March." I thought I wasn't going to get to use this phrase as some form of metaphor for financial market behaviour this month. There were concerns over escalating price of oil due to tensions in the Middle East and Africa, there ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The huge losses suffered by the Nikkei led the Japanese central bank to announce eight trillion yen ($97.8 billion) in short term funding - on top of a record 15 trillion yen on Monday - as it ...

Mind the leadership gap: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Nearly half of financial services industry professionals think their bosses are not effective or trustworthy, according to a survey of more than 170,000 workers in Australia and New Zealand. The Aon Hewitt poll, covering seven sectors of the economy ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... Mr Carr said the only significant piece of data released during the local domestic session were the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) March 1 board meeting. The central bank reiterated its view that it will "look through" the temporary ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... to 920 billion yen - has now become moot. Government and opposition now are one in increasing fiscal spending. So is the Bank of Japan. Yesterday, it injected 15 trillion yen into the financial system with another 3 trillion yen to come tomorrow. A total ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was five points lower at 4,604. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases the minutes of its March board meeting, and RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... February, raising expectations of yet another rate hike. That prospect sent Chinese banking stocks tumbling. In Beijing, central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan said interest rates remained an important policy tool in fighting surging prices -- following three ...

CMC markets appoints new head for Aus, NZ

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... retail investors jumped onto CFD trading. The company has since moved into wholesale share trading, with Suncorp and now Bank of Queensland using CMC's stockbroking service to offer online trading. Cooper said part of the company's wholesale strategy ...

RockStar charity raises $120k

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... the main committee. They include David Raits from Outlook Financial Solutions as treasurer; Justin Greiner from ANZ Private Bank and Michelle Chaperon from Deutsche Bank in fundraising; Jackie Boylan and Tim Bradbury from BT in event organising; and ...