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Crouching services, contracting manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... of China's (PBOC) surprise 50 bps cut in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) the day before (29 February) to 17% for big banks. It's still early days but the PBOC seems to be following last year's scripts when it began a series of policy easing - it ...

New mobile broking platform launched in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... solution is the first of its kind in Australia and its sophisticated trading services, which were once the preserve of the big banks, are being offered at a price point small and medium-sized brokers can afford. These services can also be white labelled ...

Advice M&A deals boom after years of stagnation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... more waiting." Prendeville explained that the situation is changing rapidly after years of stagnation. Before 2014, "big banks were buying everything that was on the market." But when the Commonwealth Financial Planning scandal broke in 2014, they stopped ...

AMP adviser, former Shadforth exec join Fortnum

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... group. "Interest comes not only from independent advisers but it includes a growing number of advisers aligned with the big banks and other large institutions," he added.

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... the deposit rate down by 25 bps to 1.5% (the lowest on record); the reserve requirement ratio by 50 bps to 17.5% for big banks (and another 50 bps for qualifying banks that support agriculture and small businesses) effective 24 October - still unconfirmed ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... deposit rate down by 25 bps to 1.5% - the lowest on record; the reserve requirement ratio reduced by 50 bps to 17.5% for big banks (and another 50 bps for qualifying banks that support agriculture and small businesses); and the ceiling on all bank deposit ...

FSI response fans default super flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... leaving the door ajar for the banks to distribute sub-standard default products. "We've known for some years that the big banks are after everyone's super, and are putting pressure on the Government to let them at it." The Financial Services Council ...

ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... 2014/15 financial year, with 91% of that revenue paid to commercial wealth management businesses, and 33% to the four big banks. Only 9% is paid to not-for-profit trustees for administration and operations. Industry Super Australia chief executive, David ...

Shares lower on Greece worries

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... fell almost one per cent as the fresh problems emerged in talks between Greece and its international creditors. The big banks were all in negative territory, with Commonwealth Bank down 44 cents, or 0.52 per cent, to $86.75, National Australia Bank dropped ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... lot of competition. We were able to access transactions without a lot of competition, acquisitions that none of the big banks were interested in because the scale of the buyout wouldn't move the dial for them." IOOF was "the only cashed up successful ...