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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... fluctuating at present, and there's some degree of hesitation about previously projected global growth forecasts." Commonwealth Bank of Australia added 68 cents to $39.43, National Australia Bank rose 46 cents to $25.86 and ANZ advanced 45 cents to $17.57. ...

Social banking on the rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Social banking platforms will capture 10 per cent of the worldwide retail lending and financial planning market in two years time, according to Gartner. The term, social banking includes trends such as green practices, social entrepreneurship and peer ...

Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... problems in the financial sector and the slowing economy might force the Fed to ease before the year is over. In other news, the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged at 0.5 percent as expected but lowered its forecast for Japanese economic growth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract lost 38 points, or 0.79 per cent, to 4,777. Today, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens addresses an Anika Foundation lunch on `Challenges for Economic Policy'. The Westpac/Melbourne ...

Reporting season hikes A-REITs worth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
APN Funds Management (APN FM) is trumpeting the return of value to the A-REIT sector, but the fund manager also singled out this year's reporting season as the crux in restoring full investor confidence in the asset class. The $4.3 billion APN FM singled ...

OFG banks on bonds and property

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Over Fifty Group (OFG) may be expecting an average loss of $3.66 million this year, but the fund manager is reviving its focus on its Friendly Society and Property Funds Management businesses to steer the firm to calmer waters. In an Australian Securities ...

SuperTrace cuts fees and jazzes website

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... egg. SuperTrace's latest enhancements follow an initiative announced in January that saw CommInsure and the Commonwealth Bank data-matching lost members against their customer information databases. Since 1 July 2007, SuperTrace has reunited over 100,000 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... exacerbated by low trading volumes. "It's not being pressured down but sliding away," he said. The banks slumped, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia losing $1.41, or 3.5 per cent, to $38.75, ANZ declining 51 cents, or 2.9 per cent, to $17.29 and National ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight 15 July "Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the water." This was the movie JAWS 2's tagline back in 1978 and it aptly applies to the global financial markets current predicament. It may not have been a complete ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... exchange, the September share price index futures contract lost 37 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 4,900. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its July 1 board meeting. The Australian share market fell to its lowest closing level ...