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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after the three day slump to a new four year low gives investors a buying opportunity, and after US stocks rebounded overnight. Energy stocks may also gain after the price of oil increased, although ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... lost $2.43, or 8.59 per cent to $25.87, while its rival Rio Tinto had shed $3.89, or 5.29 per cent to $71.21. Commonwealth Bank shares dropped $2, or 5.7 per cent, to $33.10 following its guidance that loan losses will increase in the first half of fiscal ...

FirstChoice platform upgrade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... option which still requires a 4 per cent contribution fee. The cash deposit product deposits money with the Commonwealth Bank, which means it can take advantage of government's guarantee on bank deposits. Investors and financial planners can view cash ...

Northern Trust granted Aussie bank licence

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Northern Trust has been granted an Australian banking licence, allowing it to provide banking transaction services and broader custody and asset services to its local clients. The licence means Australian based Northern Trust clients such as the federal ...

Westpac number one ADI branch owner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... Westpac with 1,216 which will push CommBank into second place with 1,124. The four leading banks control 80 per cent of all bank branches or 60 per cent of all retail and community banking branches in Australia. Moreover, the market is becoming so concentrated ...

Bail-out Plan B

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Has the US Treasury had a change of heart or merely trying to get on the good side of its boss-elect President Obama? The US$700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) will no longer buy the TA (troubled assets) under the RP (relief program). ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... Index of Consumer Inflation Expectations and Consumer Unemployment Expectations for November. In company news, St George Bank Ltd holds an extraordinary general meeting to vote on its proposed merger with Westpac Banking Corporation. Commonwealth Bank ...

Vision Super eyes banking within super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... of 60 can now avail of the new investment option, a cash management product linked to a Visa debit card. Like traditional bank cards, fund members can use the product to pay utility bills, theatre tickets, holidays or any other payments that accept Visa. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... 3.21 per cent, to $4.83 and Santos slipping 12 cents to $13.51. Among the banks, NAB sank ten cents to $20.05, Commonwealth Bank was down 33 cents to $35.28 and Westpac dipped ten cents to $19.20. ANZ was seven cents lower at $15.61, after announcing ...

SMSF trustee fails sole purpose test

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... alleges that the preserved superannuation benefits of 121 superannuants, totalling over $3.5 million, were deposited into the bank accounts of the LSF. These funds were rolled over from 11 complying superannuation funds. According to ASIC, Little then ...