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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... higher at $35.72, while Rio Tinto rose 10 cents to $61.66 and Fortescue Metals gained four cents to $3.91. But the big four banks were weaker, weighed down by concerns about the possibility of a yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum. National ...

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The complex business of financing infrastructure has traditionally been the preserve of banks. But Basel III has changed that. In the newly-restrictive lending environment, banks are approaching things differently, while non-bank investors are finding ...

SMSF collapses imminent in hunt for yield

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... undirected investor to properly understand. "The weak structures of bonds that are being brought to market by investment banks remind me of 2006 and 2007. They have new names, but they are the same thing," Aberdeen senior investment manager John Manning ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
Governments must slash corporate, income and capital gains tax, wind back environmental reforms and break up the big banks if they want to recover from the "global depression", bestselling author and economist James G. Rickards has told superannuation ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Fortescue Metals was 7.5 cents weaker at $3.855. The iron ore price fell again overnight, to $US82.20 a tonne. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank was down 48 cents at $81.06, National Australia Bank was down 9.5 cents at $34.455, ANZ had dropped ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... by Apple of a watch and new iPhone petered out and the Federal Reserve signalled more stringent capital requirements for banks. In share trading, Europe's biggest home-improvements chain Kingfisher shot to the top of London's FTSE after announcing the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... lower at $35.79, while Rio Tinto fell 30 cents to $61.47 and Fortescue Metals slid five cents to $3.99. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank fell 12 cents to $34.51, Westpac lost 14 cents to $34.46, while ANZ was 18 cents lower at $33.30 and ...

Why are bonds no longer a safe haven?

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Glass-Steagall Act in 1999 and the introduction of other regulation in the wake of the global financial crisis (GFC) have meant that banks are required to hold more capital on their balance sheets. The new regulations have meant an increase in demand ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... September share price index futures contract is down 18 point at 5,585. Wall Street stocks have fallen, pulled down by major banks after the Federal Reserve signalled more stringent capital requirements. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... the dips." But trading volumes were very mild, and there was little news to really drive the market, he said. Most of the banks were higher, with the exception of National Australia Bank. Mr Lucas said investors were considering whether the upcoming ...