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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
The stock market is flat after giving back early gains made by the big banks. The local market opened higher following gains on Wall Street amid optimism on Greek debt talks. CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner said banks were amongst the leading ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... reports from other companies such as Boral, AGL and Dominoes. "It's the big ones that have let the team down." The other big banks fared better, with Westpac up five cents to $36.86, ANZ had gained 19 cents to $35.09 and National Bank was one cent lower ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... by 50 bps - the first reduction since a similar 50bps cut back in May 2012. This would take the RRR down to 19.5% for big banks and 18.5% for small banks (and, according to Bloomberg, the "Agricultural Development Bank of China gets an extra cut of 4 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
The share market is higher as gains among the big banks and healthcare companies offset a slide in the resources sector. The market is around half a per cent higher despite a sharp drop by the likes of Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals. Miners ...

What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... less important," Credit Suisse said. As a consequence, "the core positions for Selfies (we believe they are the four big banks and Telstra) will probably suffer the most and a lack of Selfie demand may even undermine the banks efforts to re-capitalise ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... precious metal continues to rise. Newcrest was up 32.5 cents at $12.550 and Alacer gold was 12 cents higher at $2.83. The big banks were slightly lower, with NAB down 25 cents at $33.98, ANZ 10 cents weaker at $32.29, Commonwealth Bank down 12 cents ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... three per cent, at $29.20, Rio Tinto had dropped $1.08 to $56.05 and Fortescue had fallen 10 cents to $2.55. Among the big banks, ANZ had lost 36.5 cents to $32.03, National Australia Bank had lost 13 cents to $32.84, Westpac was down 20 cents at $33.16 ...

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... playing field for smaller banks and lenders, reducing the perception that the government would step in to rescue the big banks if they were in trouble. The big banks have already complained that holding extra capital would be damaging, and ANZ says it ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... who over the past few months have rationalised that the absence of a major policy action (there targeted easing for big banks and agricultural banks) - in the face of slowing China growth means that the Politburo is now willing to tolerate slower China ...

Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... the FoFA legislation but conceded there were commercial interests involved. "We are not acting on the advice of the big banks at all. I do readily concede that this is a highly technical area. It is an area in which there are vested commercial interests ...