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Finance dominates top Australian companies list

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... insurance companies continue to feature prominently in IBISWorld's Top 1000 Australian companies report. Aside from the big four banks, which retain their place in the top 10, there were a further 134 financial and insurance companies in the list. Over ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... to be dominated by companies in just a few sectors and investors who rely on the bulk of their income coming from the big four banks, Telstra and Woolworths should consider seeking income from a high quality global equity portfolio. Capital Group's analysis ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... cents to $29.28, Rio Tinto had lost 44 cents to $56.86 and iron or miner Fortescue Metals was flat at $2.00. Among the big four banks, the Commonwealth was down 28 cents at $91.04, Westpac was down 12 cents lower at $37.68, ANZ had fallen 10 cents to ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... in a bit of a holding pattern at the moment. You've got to be an aggressive stock picker to find the real value." The big four local banks were all higher, with Commonwealth Bank up 27 cents at $90.79, Westpac gaining 12 cents to $37.62, ANZ lifting ...

Big four banks missing out on customer wealth management

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Australia's biggest banks are struggling to access their customers' wealth management business, according to the latest Roy Morgan Consumer Single Source Survey. The survey showed that all four banks have had difficulty cross-selling wealth management ...

Insurers grow market share at cost of profits

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... Metlife) is offset by declining profits in the long-term, according to Rice Warner's Wholesale Risk Insurance Report. The "big four" group risk insurers grew their collective market share from 67% as at June 2013 to 73% as at June 2014. At the same time ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... Pharmaceutical Industries holds its annual general meeting. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished higher with the big four banks lifting the share market out of the red earlier in the day. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.6 points, or ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... of this land girth by sea... except for stoking the property prices, that is. So much so that three of the country's big four banks - ANZ, NAB and Westpac - are predicting not just one but two interest rate cuts this year. The CBA stands alone, expecting ...

Advisers closely watching mFund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... He explained that the main reason he does not use mFund is because "there is not a big enough selection," even if the big four banks and AMP Capital have released some of its funds. However, he expects that the service will take off as more managers ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... was up 9.5 cents to $35.65, despite announcing a 10 per cent slide in revenue during the December quarter. Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank fell 16 cents to $83.51, Westpac dropped 28 cents to $32.85, ANZ slipped 21 cents to $31.45 and National ...