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Big banks move into SBB space

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Benevolent Society is teaming up with Westpac Institutional Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to issue Australia's second Social Benefit Bond (SBB) to fund the establishment of The Family Preservation Service. The service will focus on ...

Australian shares open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... was up 25 cents to $28.30, ANZ shares had lifted 23 cents to $26.78, and Westpac was 21.5 cents up to $27.685, but Commonwealth had shed seven cents to $65.05, at 1048 AEST.

Aust shares open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... was 44 cents, or 1.55 per cent, worse at $27.96; ANZ shares had dropped 45 cents, or 1.67 per cent, to $26.43; Commonwealth Bank had shed 81 cents, or 1.24 per cent, to $64.59; and Westpac was 54 cents, or 1.94 per cent, lower at $27.27. Making news ...

Aussie shares weaken ahead of long weekend

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... to Melbourne Mining Club in London. Rival Rio Tinto lost 33 cents to $53.74. The big banks were mixed, with Commonwealth Bank shedding 27 cents to $65.88 and National Australia Bank losing eight cents to $28.67. But Westpac added seven cents to $27.78 ...

Australian stocks weaker at close

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... below 95 US cents to two-and-a-half year lows, after US stocks fell overnight. Financial stocks were lower, with Commonwealth Bank down 14 cents to $66.11, Westpac had fallen 48 cents to $28.71 and ANZ was down 34 cents at $26.86. National Australia ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... probably come back later at a level that they're more comfortable with." Banking stocks are also weaker, with Commonwealth Bank losing 30 cents to $65.95, Westpac falling 13 cents to $28.06 and ANZ shedding seven cents to $27.13. But National Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... accounts data, including gross domestic product for the March quarter. Meanwhile, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for May is due out. In equities news, there's a briefing in Sydney on the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... "Buying those shares and cancelling them increases earnings accordingly." NAB shares rose 30 cents to $29.30 while Commonwealth Bank added 43 cents to $67.29, Westpac put on 24 cents to $28.68 and ANZ found 33 cents to $27.87. Meanwhile, shares in Cochlear ...

Banks shift gears on technology spend

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... technology investment focused on developing infrastructure, the industry has now turned to customers and users. Commonwealth Bank, which owns CFS, went from spending 50% of its technology budget on infrastructure on 2006 to spending only 26% in 2012. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... goes to the overall strength of the Australian economy." All of the big four retail banks were weaker, with Commonwealth Bank losing 53 cents at $68.07, NAB shedding 31 cents to $30.81, Westpac giving up 24 cents to $29.23 and ANZ dumping 14.5 cents ...