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CBA posts $1.6bn quarterly profit

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
The Commonwealth Bank has unveiled a $1.6bn cash profit for the September quarter, with wealth management and insurance continuing to play a key role for the company. The bank said that its funds under administration rose by 4.6 per cent over the quarter ...

ANZ invests more in BoT

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
ANZ continues its investment in Asian banking markets with a further $126 million invested into North East China-based Bank of Tianjin (BoT). The latest investment will maintain ANZ's current 20 per cent stake in BoT, which is launching a capital raising ...

CareSuper and ME take it to the streets

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... super and financial advice. CareSuper has stepped up member services with an outreach approach alongside Members Equity (ME) bank, setting up in a ME branch to provide face-to-face assistance to help those that may find super confusing. Two financial ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... afraid... be very, very afraid for this is the highest inflation rate in China since September 2008. Be afraid... the Peoples Bank of China has already lifted its banks reserve requirement by 50 basis points to 17.5 per cent from 17 per cent last week. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... data for September. The ABS is also set to release sales of new motor vehicles for October. In equities, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia releases its September quarter trading update. Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan is scheduled to address ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... ground since opening slightly lower. "The fact that the market is up in the face of pretty heavy decline in National Australia Bank shares after it's ex-dividend is not a bad performance and especially when overseas markets gave us no real positive lead ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... 0613 AEDT, the December share price index contract was 11 points lower at 4,731 points. In economics news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia is scheduled to release credit/debit card data for September. Also, the Australian Office of Financial Management ...

ASIC sharpens focus on margin lending

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... if the value of the underlying shares drops below a certain level relative to the size of the loan, in the same way that a bank can foreclose on a mortgage if a loan-to-value ratio (LVR) is breached. This can force investors to liquidate their investment ...

Qantas eyes alternatives, cools on equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... objective to provide improved clarity about the investments in the strategy. The return will be measured against the UBSA Bank Bill Index, rather than the return objective being expressed as a return that exceeds inflation (CPI) by a given percentage. ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Decisions, decisions. Wall Street closed higher overnight but why do I get a feeling that there's little conviction behind the move? You'll feel the same way too baby if like many investors these days you're looking at the market's performance since ...