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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... confidence survey is due out. In Australia, the market on Monday closed more than one per cent lower, dragged back by the big banks and global miner BHP Billiton. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 76.3 points, or 1.33 per cent, at 5,659.2 points. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
The big banks and BHP Billiton have dragged the share market lower. Investors are being cautious around high yield stocks including the big four banks, Telstra and supermarket owners Wesfarmers and Woolworths, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... cents, or 0.54%, to $58.01, while pure iron ore player Fortescue Metals was down four cents, or 1.73%, at $2.27. The major banks are mixed after the National Australia Bank and Westpac both traded ex-dividend this week. Commonwealth Bank has led gains ...

Aussie banks overpriced, undercapitalised: Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Laurence said. "We feel much more comfortable investing in more attractively valued financials globally," he said. "Australian banks are holding much lower capital levels than global banks," with UK's Lloyds Bank core tier 1 ratio (equity over risk weighted ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... Myer shares were up eight cents to $1.49 after the company announced a 2.4 per cent rise in third quarter sales. Among the banks, ANZ added 23 cents to $32.64, National Australia Bank was 58 cents higher at $35.12 and Commonwealth Bank was 51 cent stronger ...

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... financial services businesses in Australia could not open their own businesses in these countries. Now they are proposing that banks, fund managers and insurers can partner with local businesses in China, Japan or Korea and even merge or take over local ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... raising. "It's essentially held the value of its price," Mr McCarthy said. "It's a very strong performance." Among the major banks, the Commonwealth lifted 41 cents to $82.58, while ANZ gained 29 cents to $32.21 and Westpac advanced 23 cents to $33.93. ...

CCMC chief executive appointed as lead ombudsman

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... as CEO of the CCMC for almost four years, Dr Smith has worked with tireless effort and enthusiasm with the ABA and member banks to ensure banks' compliance with the code. She has been committed to build on the reputation of the CCMC as a trusted and ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... in April and "Business conditions retraced some - but not all of the gains reported in March" (NAB). Australia's big four banks - ANZ, CBA, NAB (on a trading halt), WBC - and Telstra dragged the overall index down as scribbled in the Australian Financial ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... $2.60. Oil and gas giant Woodside was 55 cents higher to $34.55, while Santos picked up nine cents to $8.68. Among the major banks, the Commonwealth lifted 31 cents to $82.95, while ANZ gained three cents to $32.36 and Westpac advanced 11 cents to $34.17. ...