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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... cent, to 1,113.84. LONDON - European stock exchanges extended a rally Tuesday, powered by further gains in the banking sector and despite a disappointing report on US consumer confidence. In London, the FTSE 100 index added 14.55 points, or 0.27 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... all came through out of Europe in reasonable shape," he said of the recent tests by European authorities of their banking sector. At 1200 AEST the big banks were all up, with Commonwealth Bank rising 51 cents to $52.00, Westpac up 46 cents at $23.61 ...

Challenger wins $200m from AustralianSuper

AUSTRALIANSUPER RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... asset concentration issues particularly in property and regulatory and political pressure. These dynamics in the banking sector have created an opportunity for non-bank lenders, such as large superannuation funds like AustralianSuper, to provide senior ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... stock exchanges showed solid gains on Thursday as investors took heart from indications of a healthier eurozone banking sector and data suggesting an improvement in the US labour market. The London FTSE 100 index added 90.63 points, or 1.81 per cent ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... administration in excess of KRW 3 trillion, mostly sourced from defined benefit pension plans. It also shows the banking sector as having the greatest market share of 49 per cent or KRW 6.8 trillion, followed by the insurance sector and then the securities ...

Magellan raises cash six-fold on Euro debt fears

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... correction," he said. Douglass said he is concerned about the medium-term outlook for the Chinese property market and banking sector but not local consumer spending. "It's been growing at around 15 per cent per annum and will probably still grow by 15 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... disappointing aspect of the market would have to be the resources stocks, BHP and Rio," Mr Heffernan said. "The banking sector is doing reasonably well with the leaders of the pack NAB and Westpac." Mr Heffernan played down the impact of the budget on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... raised its rating on large-cap US banks on Tuesday, citing more clarity on asset-quality trends, and this lifted the banking sector on Wall Street. But the yen's regaining of some ground after hitting a seven-month low against the dollar this week, was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... settle at 1,150.51. Senate banking committee chairman Christopher Dodd outlined plans to regulate the massive US banking sector, warning an overhaul was needed to prevent another large-scale crisis that the US economy might not survive. Briefing.com ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, supported by gains among resources and financial stocks. At 1210 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had climbed 25.2 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 4,775.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...