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Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... was not helped by a concentrated market and a part of members' contributions will always likely end up in the "big four banks, two miners and a telco" because your benchmark relative managers aren't going to blow their risk budgets. As a large portion ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... be left to invest in Australia?" he asked, adding that a "purist" position would also involve divesting from the big four banks, which fund coal developments. Activists "are putting the pressure in the wrong place. To expect that the superannuation industry ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... Australian open (no, not the tennis) to the bank, more so that investors seemed to have ridden themselves of the big four banks' - ANZ, CBA, NAB, WBC - capital raising spooks of last week. Even more so that commodity prices of most variety have risen ...

Market higher despite resources slump

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... precious metal. But there were gains by Oil Search after its improved full year production forecast, and three of the big four banks. Commonwealth Bank was the only major lender to be lower, down 34 cents at $88.02.

Big four prepared for APRA capital adequacy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Australia's big four banks have commented on APRA's announcement that it would increase capital adequacy requirements for residential mortgage exposures. APRA's change means that the risk weight on residential mortgage exposures for Australian deposit-taking ...

ANZ ETFs added to BT, Asgard platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... access to the ANZ ETFS products. As reported in Financial Standard in May, ANZ became the first of Australia's big four banks to provide ETF products when it created a new company, ANZ ETFS Management Limited, with ETF Securities. The funds offered include ...

Australian market strong after miners' gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... two cents, or 1.12 per cent, to $1.805, while Santos had gained 18 cents, or 2.41 per cent, to $7.66. As for the big four banks, ANZ had gained 17 cents to $32.38, Commonwealth had risen 47 cents to $86.07, National Australia Bank was up 24 cents to ...

Australia stocks tumble on commodity falls

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... or 1.26 per cent, to $49.43. Fortescue Metals Group had lost six cents, or 3.58 per cent, to $1.615. As for the big four banks, ANZ had shed 47 cents to $31.80, Commonwealth had fallen $1.13 to $84.64, National Australia Bank was down 41 cents to $32.92 ...

Australian stocks open lower on China concerns

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Oil and gas giant Woodside was down 27 cents to $34.37, while Santos had dropped 10 cents to $7.60. As for the big four banks, ANZ had shed 41 cents to $32.62, the Commonwealth had fallen $1.03 to $86.66, National Australia Bank was down 39 cents to ...

Australian shares up on ease over Greece

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... cents to $26.04, while Rio Tinto added 61 cents to $51.77 and Fortescue Metals climbed 3.5 cents to $1.75. The big four banks were also higher, with ANZ up 73 cents to $32.94, Commonwealth $1.56 stronger at $87.86, National Australia Bank gained 79 cents ...