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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... 1.5 cents at $6.235, while healthcare was stronger. Commonwealth Bank had dropped 12 cents to $91.00, National Australian Bank was down 37 cents at $37.74, ANZ had given up 22 cents to $35.27 and Westpac was 19 cents lower at $38.10. Woolworths had dropped ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... Santos lost 17.5 cents to $7.705. Commonwealth Bank was 97 cents down at $90.81 after opening with gains. National Australian Bank lost 63 cents to $37.95, ANZ was down 54 cents at $35.22 and Westpac dropped 69 cents at $38.10.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... Commonwealth gained 50 cents to $91.83, Westpac lifted three cents to $38.82, ANZ put on 14 cents to $35.78 and National Australian Bank climbed 26 cents to $38.59.

Van Eck ETFs added to CFS FirstWrap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Four funds from Van Eck's exchange-traded funds arm, Market Vectors, have been added to Colonial First State's FirstWrap platform. Established in 2006, Market Vectors has ETFs that cover multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and currency ...

Vertically-integrated advice model can work

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Despite recent controversies, vertical integration can work if implemented properly, according to Australian Bankers' Association chief executive Steven MA1/4nchenberg. Speaking at the ASIC Annual Forum, MA1/4nchenberg said that conflicts were inherent ...

Advice register more detailed than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
The Treasury's public register of financial advisers will be more detailed than it was expected, the regulations introduced by Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg show. As expected, the regulations include the obligation for financial advisers to provide ...

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
Australian banks should be forced to hold more capital to minimise their risk of failure and improve competition, the Financial System Inquiry has found. The final report of David Murray's blueprint for the future of Australia's financial system, released ...

Industry seizes China FTA opportunities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... Australian institutions already announcing their own deals with Chinese businesses and institutions. National Australian Bank (NAB), for example, announced a memorandum of understanding with the Export-Import Bank of China. NAB said the memorandum would ...

No Westpac leadership changes after Gail Kelly departure

LAURA MILLAN, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Westpac chief executive of Australian financial services Brian Hartzer has ruled out any sweeping changes to the bank's leadership team when he takes over as top chief executiveA from Gail Kelly on 1 February 2015. At a press conference in Sydney today ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Fifteen point zero nine points or just a little over 0.28%. This is all the All Ordinaries index need to slip by today to take it back to square one - where it was at the start of 2014. Given the lead from offshore markets overnight - the S&P 500 dropped ...