Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 14111 - 14120 of 17978 results for "Bank"

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... and measures to increase the certainty of the transaction. Westpac gained $1.22, or 5.22 per cent, to $24.57 and St George Bank added $1.55, or 5.09 per cent, to $32.00. Commonwealth Bank of Australia firmed $2.46, or 5.91 per cent, to $44.05, National ...

This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... for Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda who resigned last week -- kept investors on the defensive. As expected, only the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut its benchmark interest rate last week. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England and the European Central ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 36 points to 4,910. Today, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens addresses the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Melbourne. ANZ ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... sidelines to see whether the US unravels." Ms Spencer said it was a good time to buy shares for long term investors. Commonwealth Bank of Australia fell $1.27, or three per cent, to $41.63, Westpac lost 72 cents to $23.30, National Australia Bank declined ...

US payrolls jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... could reveal a result worse than the already severe 75,000 fall expected. Meanwhile, the outcome of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England's (BoE) monetary policy meetings produced no real surprises for the financial markets. As expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... closed sharply lower on Thursday for the second day in a row, stricken by gloomy economic forecasts from the European Central Bank and weighed down by a slump on Wall Street. London's FTSE 100 blue chip index closed down 137.6 points, or 2.50 per cent ...

ING's Kincaid promoted

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... executive director of people and performance. Kincaid was previously head of human resources for Citi's investment and corporate bank in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this she worked at AMP for several years in various HR roles in New Zealand ...

Grove opens term deposit shop

BY STAFF  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Asset consultant Grove Research and Advisory has launched an online term deposit shop as the flight to cash continues. Initially, the service will provide wholesale investors with comparable daily rates from Citibank, BankWest, Investec and Rabobank. ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The latest National Accounts figures gave credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to lower the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 7 per cent. Australian real gross domestic product advanced by a meagre 0.3 per cent in the June quarter ...

Comm Bank expands FP Vic office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
The Commonwealth Bank appointed Christian Strahlhofer and Komal Soni as relationship manager and account manager for corporate financial services, respectively in its financial planning division. Prior to this role, Strahlhofer worked in corporate banking ...