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Retail spending stays flat during April

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... turnover was however lower than the 8.8 per cent increase in household credit card outstanding balances reported by the Reserve Bank. The increase in total annual credit card transactions was nonetheless much lower at only 2.2 per cent. Food retail turnover ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... $11.39. The big banks were also hit hard. At 1204 AEST, Westpac gave up 74 cents, or 3.26 per cent, to $21.93, Commonwealth Bank dropped 66 cents, or 1.57 per cent, to $41.29, ANZ declined 39 cents, or 1.87 per cent, to $20.51 and National Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... investment banks. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 65 points at 5,630. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly monetary policy board meeting followed by a rate decision announcement at 1430 AEST. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... futures contract was down 46 points lower at 5,660, on a volume of 13,313 contracts. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank was 82 cents lower at $30.49, Westpac fell 39 cents to $22.86, ANZ reversed 61 cents to $21.07, and Commonwealth bank ...

JPMorgan joins debt platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
JPMorgan joins top financial institutions ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank, Citi, and Macquarie Bank on the Yieldbroker online debt trading platform. Yieldbroker is a cooperatively owned venture between members that allows institutional investors to view up ...

PIS gets Malaysian license

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... planning," according to a statement by PIS. SFP was previously granted its financial advisers licence for insurance from Bank Negara in August last year, which enabled it to deal with all insurance companies. SFP recently expanded operations from Kuala ...

CBA still seeding Colonial funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... Seed funding for a couple of landmark infrastructure investments by Colonial remains on the balance sheet of Commonwealth Bank, in one case more than 15 months after the bank tipped in the capital. In an investor briefing on the bank's wealth management ...

Ord Minnett to invest in finance titans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
HSBC, JPMorgan Chase and BNP Paribas are just a few of the big names listed in Ord Minnett's newest fund which gives investors exposure to global financial institutions. The new product, called STRIPES - Global Financial Titans, is designed to provide ...

Big lift in company corporate governance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... In good news for the financial services sector, BDO Kendalls noted that Australia's four major banks, National Australia Bank, ANZ, Westpac and Commonwealth Bank, all have outstanding corporate governance structures in place, complying with every aspect ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 20 points at 5,707. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases financial aggregates data for April. In company news, Babcock and Brown Ltd, Midwest Corporation Ltd ...