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Market down on Ukraine unrest

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... what's happening in the Ukraine," he said. "It's going to be a very, very geopolitically-motivated day." Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank added three cents to $74.69, while National Australia Bank shed 21 cents to $34.53, Westpac lost 16 cents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... axe 5,000 jobs, freeze wages, retire old planes, and slash capital spending and some routes to cut costs. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank had gained 11 cents to $75.31, Westpac was up 18 cents to $33.72, ANZ was four cents higher at $32.19 ...

RBS posts soaring losses, pays $1m bonuses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... scandal, has been dragged into an worldwide probe over alleged manipulation of foreign exchange trading along with other banks. On Thursday, RBS said its pre-tax losses surged to STG8.24 billion ($A15.40 billion) in 2013, while revenues fell 12 per cent ...

ISA spends $9 million on ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... dollar spend in 2013 is an accurate assessment," a spokesperson for ISA said, adding: "It's nothing compared to what the banks spend on marketing." He went on: "Marketing collectively across Industry SuperFunds is a cost-effective way of communicating ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... 26 cents to $39.12, Rio Tinto lost 50 cents to $69.05 and Fortescue Metals was one cent lower at $5.98. However, the big banks were all up. ANZ was 11 cents higher at $32.11, Commonwealth Bank was 28 cents better at $75.64, Westpac had gained 13 cents ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... a degree of financial stress in China..." (SMH) Goldman Sachs was in on the if's too -- IF "reserve managers at central banks reduce their demand for the Australian dollar, and as global demand for commodities falls". (SMH) Sounds really 'iffy' to me. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... up 53 cents at $39.70, Rio Tinto up 64 cents at $70.87 and Fortescue Metals 17 cents higher at $6.19. Among the big four banks, ANZ was 18 cents higher at $32.00, Commonwealth Bank was 15 cents higher at $75.33, Westpac was 20 cents higher at $33.51 ...

GenYs shy away from independent, professional advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Young Australians rely mostly on family, friends and banks for financial advice, while accountants and financial advisers are out of favour, RaboDirect research has found. The 2013 RaboDirect National Savings & Debt Barometer (NSDB) found that 36% of ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... (that I know of) that the grouping put on paper an explicit growth target. For two, three of the world's biggest central banks - the Fed and the Bank of England (BOE) - were already acting to ensure growth is assured even before the pledge by guiding ...

S&P DJI eyes aligned advice groups with new role

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... proved difficult for ETF providers to access, as ETFs compete with many of the managed fund products offered by the big banks. But John Davies, SPDJI's vice president, global exchange products, said that in the post-Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) ...