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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher, following a positive finish on Wall Street and in Europe, and after contract prices for oil, silver and copper ended firmer. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
"Upside down Boy, you turn me Inside out And round and round..." - Upside Down, Diana Ross If there's any observation that can be made about Wall Street's movement overnight, it is that investor sentiment remains fragile. Just when financial markets ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... Amid these doom and gloom, market's dismissed European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet's press conference in Basel, Switzerland. Monsieur Trichet stated that, 'We have a number of elements suggesting that we're approaching the moment where ...

Westpac and St.George merger ahead of schedule

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... Bank is progressing well. Approval to move to a single Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions (ADI) is largely complete and Basel II advanced accreditation is expected by the middle of this year, she added. This comes after the bank advised its group ...

Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Three European pension funds with more than $500 billion in assets are using their investment muscle to force property companies and fund managers to stay on top of their environmental policies, following the release of a new green property benchmark. ...

Howes appointed CEO of IAA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... replaces John Maroney who left the Institute in August 2009 to accept a role with the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland as a member of the secretariat of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). She will take ...

D'Aloisio nominated Joint Forum chair

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... closely with three of the biggest finance organisations in the world. The Joint Forum, which supports and works with the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organisation for Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the International ...

Banks to face liquidity crisis "fire drills": APRA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... the report that the Prudential Standard APS 210 Liquidity (APS 210) will be changed to reflect new rules proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in response to last year's liquidity crisis. APRA noted that the crisis exposed the limitations ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... Amid these doom and gloom, market's dismissed European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet's press conference in Basel, Switzerland. Monsieur Trichet stated that, 'We have a number of elements suggesting that we're approaching the moment where ...

APRA outlines priorities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... the crisis struck...we are now finalising this work," he said. On capital management, Laker said the international forum, Basel Committee is exploring how to promote strong capital buffers above the minimum requirements that could be used in a downturn ...