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Financial services most at risk from disruption

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... disruption, but the financial services sector has a unique set of attributes that make it even more vulnerable. "The banking sector can get weighed down by legacy systems, regulatory requirements, budget allocations and our tendency to avoid risk," she ...

Passive strategies benefit active managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... appreciate that as a macroeconomic risk," he said, but added that new regulation and a trend of concentration in the banking sector are set to benefit the Italian bank. "We are highly company specific, highly granular. There's always something changing ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower, following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points at 5,477. US stocks were lower, led by large declines in technology ...

Aussie banks overpriced, undercapitalised: Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... earnings. "The reason why I wanted to highlight these issues about Australian banks, is because the Australian banking sector now represents more than 30% of the ASX 300 by market cap," Laurence explained. "So the performance of the Australian banks ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... Other miners were mixed, with Rio Tinto down 61 cents at $63.31 and Fortescue Metals up five cents at $2.47. The banking sector was relatively flat and insurers were mostly lower after strong gains in recent sessions. "The major lag was yesterday's strength ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... about their net interest margins," Ms Roadley said "When you look at the weighting of those two large stocks in the banking sector being down, that's pulling the index into the red at the moment." Commonwealth Bank had dropped $2.67 to $90.97, ANZ was ...

CBA wealth management FUA up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... signs of increased business investment, greater trade access supported by a lower Australian dollar and a strong banking sector are all contributing to an economy that remains the envy of most developed markets. However, the volatility of the global ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fluctuated, not moving far from its previous records after the ECB stopped short of announcing new stimulus measures. At 0848 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... iron ore price fall as heavily as it did yesterday," CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "With the banking sector, for the last week-and-a-half, we have seen fairly consistent profit-taking. It hasn't been large volumes but it has been ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... accounting for around thirteen-and-a-half points of the market's fall," Mr McCarthy said. Mr McCarthy said the banking sector had generally performed well on Friday despite the ANZ and National Australia Bank trading ex-dividend on the day. "That might ...