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Canadian RMBS not the answer: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Australia's residential-backed mortgage securities (RMBS) market should be allowed to recover without the intervention of a government-backed agency, argues Standard & Poor's (S&P). Neither a nationalisation of Australia's market nor an adoption of ...

Takeovers Panel adds five

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... group was created to provide a mechanism for peer review of company takeovers and to boost efficiency. Mike Roche, Deutsche Bank AG managing director and head of mergers and acquisitions, Andrew Sisson, Balanced Equity Management managing director and ...

Home loan fall follows rate hikes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... fell 5.3 per cent in the month, seasonally adjusted, to $20.202 billion. JPMorgan economist Helen Kevans said the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to increase interest rates in February and March - which took the cash rate to a near 12-year ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... continued its run higher at midday bolstered by the banks, offsetting softer miners and a weak lead from Wall Street. The largest bank by market value, National Australia Bank, led the way higher jumping over five per cent after posting a significant ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... economics news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its housing finance data for March, and the National Australia Bank releases its business survey for April. In equities, a shareholder scheme meeting will be held in Sydney to consider ...

Suncorp's Fox retires

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... replaced by Geoffrey Summerhayes who was most recently Australian general manager specialised businesses for National Australia Bank and MLC. "Dennis has played a key role in the growth of brands such as Tyndall and Asteron in Australia and New Zealand. ...

Back to school on finance

... Anderson for more than two decades. It follows another significant endowment by philanthropist and former Chase Manhattan Bank chief executive David Rockefeller, who has pledged more than $100 million to Harvard University's endowment fund, the largest ...

Centro rescue till Dec

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
High profile Australian sub-prime victim Centro Properties Group has been given until December 15 to refinance its debts. In a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) yesterday, Centro announced that its banks have agreed to an ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... added 67 points to 5,813 on a volume of 13,897 contracts. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said the National Australia Bank's announcement of a significant increase in first half net profit sent banking stocks higher. "It's really spurred on investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... In local economics news, the RBA quarterly statement on monetary policy is released today. In equities, National Australia Bank Ltd releases interim results and KPMG releases a survey on bank results. In retail, Myer Ltd chief executive Bernie Brookes ...