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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... American market. "Our banks are up between 2.5 and five per cent and it has been a very good start to the day." Commonwealth Bank rose $1.77, or 5.73 per cent to $32.67, National Australia Bank increased 98 cents, or 4.95 per cent, to $20.79, Westpac ...

Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
A group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principal of the Lateral Economics consultancy, have written to the Prime Minister proposing that employer super contributions be cut from 9 to 6 per cent with the money transferring to employees as take-home ...

Asgard and IOOF add Patriot funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
While some fund managers are now struggling to get their business to advisers, the little publicised Aussie equities boutique Patriot Asset Management's products have won places on Asgard and IOOF's platforms. Melbourne-based Patriot is part of the ...

Westpac NZ hires NAB exec for CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... manager of business and private banking between 2004 and 2007. Prior to NAB, Frazis was senior executive at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's institutional banking division and has also been a partner at Boston Consulting Group. Frazis' appointment ...

Scary Money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... way major central banks are going, benchmark target rates could hit the big fat 0 before Easter 2009. Following the Reserve Bank of Australia's 100 basis point interest rate reduction early this week, central banks in the land of Europa executed their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 23.89, or 0.88 per cent, at 2,730.68 points, after the New Zealand Reserve Bank slashed official interest rates by 150 basis points.

Macq reduces headcount

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Macquarie Bank is the latest investment and banking firm to reduce headcount in the wake of the financial crisis with job cuts in its Melbourne and Sydney offices today. It is believed that more than 100 roles in Macquarie Capital were made redundant. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... cent, to $28.20, while Rio Tinto shares fell $3.77, or 10.24 per cent, to $33.03. The banks were all stronger. Commonwealth Bank added 52 cents to $31.72, National Australia Bank rose 64 cents to $19.23, ANZ gained 14 cents to $14.30 and Westpac lifted ...

Adelaide Bank opens Guaranteed Term Deposit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Adelaide Bank has launched the Guaranteed Term Deposit, which provides investors with access to the Federal Government's cash deposit guarantee for amounts above $1 million. Bruce Speirs, Adelaide Bank general manager of managed funds, said the bank ...

You are what you Google

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Among the top finance term searches on Google this year were 'superannuation', 'interest rates' and 'investment banks' but as to which keyword was more popular than the other changed state by state, according to Google Australia. The world's largest ...