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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... cents at $35.06, Santos had put on 22.5 cents at $7.325 and Oil Search was 34.5 cents higher at $7.575. Three of the big banks were weaker, with Commonwealth Bank down 24 cents at $93.97, ANZ down 17 cents at $36.73 and Westpac four cents weaker at $39.62 ...

Regional banks call for FSI reforms without delay

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Australia's four leading regional banks raised three key issues in their submission to the federal government's Financial System Inquiry Final Report recently. Regional banks including Suncorp Bank, ME Bank, Bank of Queensland and Bendigo and Adelaide ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... All 20 economists surveyed by AAP expect there'll be a rate cut in May if the RBA doesn't move on Tuesday. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank climbed 73 cents to $95.13, National Australia Bank improved 57 cents to $39.26, ANZ lifted 38 cents to ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... comfortable with the level of investment in bank debt, Neal was candid. "I'm slightly terrified by our exposure to the big four banks but it is hard to avoid - it's hard to know what to do with our short-term cash in particular." The question came from ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... Reserve Bank's rate decision due next Tuesday, gains are primarily rising in the yield plays, Mr Shamu said. "These are the banks, the likes of Telstra - all the stocks that pay good dividends are being rewarded by investors," he said. The big banks ...

La Trobe appointment part of expansion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... services, particularly with credit and commercial lending expertise, having previously worked for some of Australia's major banks and non-bank financial institutions. Flood will report to La Trobe Financial's head of distribution, Cory Bannister. Bannister ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... 2.3 per cent, to $1.915. Woodside Petroleum was down 63 cents at $33.89 and Santos was 20 cents weaker at $6.94. The big banks were all weaker. Commonwealth Bank lost 72 cents to $92.68, National Australia Bank was down 26 cents at $38.29, ANZ dumped ...

Legg Mason appoints custodian

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... offering. RBC Investor & Treasury Services is backed by the strength and global position of one of the largest and strongest banks in the world and has the highest credit rating of all the global custody providers operating in Australia, which were important ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Chevron sold its 50 per cent stake in the fuel distributor, sparking a nine per cent plunge in its share price. Among the banks, Commonwealth gained 78 cents to $93.88, National Australia Bank had climbed 21 cents to $38.53, ANZ was up 32 cents at $36.68 ...

Competition for annuities likely to remain low

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... dominates about 95% of the market, a Credit Suisse report found. Credit Suisse said that Challenger's natural competitors, banks and life insurers, "are not in a position to compete in the near term." The report said that following the Financial System ...