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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... BHP Billiton have dragged the share market lower. Investors are being cautious around high yield stocks including the big four banks, Telstra and supermarket owners Wesfarmers and Woolworths, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee said. "The big yield ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... the National Australia Bank and Westpac both traded ex-dividend this week. Commonwealth Bank has led gains among the big four after Thursday's losses. CBA rose 71 cents, or 0.85%, to $84.33, ANZ lifted 17 cents, or 0.51%, to $33.19, while Westpac fell ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... plus 3 in April and "Business conditions retraced some - but not all of the gains reported in March" (NAB). Australia's big four banks - ANZ, CBA, NAB (on a trading halt), WBC - and Telstra dragged the overall index down as scribbled in the Australian ...

Bank results underpin wealth management new era

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
As the big four banks prepare for the end of the extraordinary bull run experienced since the global financial crisis, their wealth management arms also gear up for a new era. In a more challenging market and regulatory environment, the focus for the ...

Global finance, resources key to diversification

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... The financial sector could also be an opportunity for Australian institutional investors seeking to diversify from the big four banks and their correlation with the resources sector. "The financial sector has not been a favourite among investors after ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... due to the Commonwealth Bank's soft quarterly profit and Woolworths' weak third-quarter sales result. The last of the big four banks, the National Australia Bank, released its first half cash profit of $3.32 billion on Thursday. The result, while an ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... market has opened higher thanks to strong leads from Wall Street and a rally among the major mining stocks. However, the big four banks are weighing on the market after Westpac unveiled a flat first half cash profit of $3.78 billion, Australian Stock ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... higher at $31.86, while Rio Tinto climbed $1.30 to $57.60 and Fortescue lifted nine cents, or four per cent, to $2.18. The big four banks were also higher, with the Commonwealth Bank up 80 cents at $91.51, National Australian Bank climbed 31 cents higher ...

ASIC investigating false fees in large advice firms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... Project was designed to specifically scrutinise the conduct of "large advice entities" such as AMP, Macquarie and the "Big Four" banks. According to its statement, as part of the project ASIC has detected "multiple instances of licensees charging clients ...

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 ...