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Wealth down as ANZ records bumper profit

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... responding to customer and community concerns about banking and to the changes that have been brought upon the banking sector by this government." ANZ declared an interim fully franked dividend of 66 cents, up 3% on the prior corresponding period.

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... and trump those expectations." I tend to agree. This is because given the rolling announcements of layoffs in the banking sector, the manufacturing sector, the tourism sector, the retail sector, etc., "large parts of the economy" are indeed showing "signs ...

Superannuation needs more regulatory resilience: ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... ASIC. Speaking at the ASIC Summer School in Sydney this morning, Medcraft said that the shift in savings from the banking sector to superannuation would result in increased risk in the financial system as a result of more products, more investors and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... similar performance for the remainder of the year. Tabcorp shares were up 8.5 cents, or 2.97 per cent, to $2.945. The banking sector was relatively flat.

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker who proposed the new restrictions as an attempt to protect the banking sector from excessive trading risk and so reduce the likelihood of future bail outs by government. It was passed into law in 2010 ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... decline in the participation rate to 65.2%. Announcements and warnings of further job shedding - mainly by the banking sector - continued softness in retail spending, the expensive currency and the slower global (China, in particular) growth outlook ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... Citigroup added to weak earnings from JP Morgan last week on Wall Street to paint a glum picture for the global banking sector. Westpac data showing that Australians were still pessimistic about their financial future despite two interest rate cuts from ...

FSU slams banking sector cost cutting plans

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
The Finance Sector Union, representing workers at Australia's big four banks, said job cuts in the banking industry cannot be justified. Reports today claim thousands of bank jobs could be on the line over the next two years as part of major cost cutting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... against a backdrop of dire warnings about the economic outlook. The banks suffered, with Germany reactivating a banking sector bailout fund after its lenders were told last week they needed to raise more than double the amount of new capital previously ...

S&P downgrades US bank ratings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... new criteria announced earlier this month. S&P said the new criteria reflected the "period of transition" of the banking sector, which is "reinventing itself" after the global financial crisis. Jayan Dhru, global head of Financial Services at the agency ...