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Shortage of reliable Aussie income products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... earnings, pricing power, high dividend reliability and high levels of free cashflow. It features names such as ASX, the big four banks, Telstra and Woolworths and avoids sector such as mining, where earnings are more erratic. Birtles said he was laying ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... "contrarian buying" as investors deciding some good quality stocks looked too cheap. "There was a quite a hard hit on Australian banks yesterday, Westpac was down 3.24 per cent despite having absolutely no peripheral exposure to the euro zone," he told ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... Russian money. Were it not for today's banking holiday - extended to three days - there'll certainly be one hell of a run on banks (or is it away from banks). The problem is what happens in Cyprus does not stay in Cyprus. As Paul Krugman wrote in his ...

Asian retail banks set to spend 5.1% more on tech

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Retail banks in the Asia Pacific region are expected to spend 5.1% more on technology this year and technology expenses will reach US$118.6 billion, Ovum research found. According to analysis provider Ovum, retail banks in the Asia Pacific region are ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... quantitative easing has helped to wash the market with extra capital, Korinke says that a tougher regulatory environment has seen banks step away from their day-to-day market activities. "Risk premiums at the five major US banks have fallen some 55%. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... out of Cyprus. The EU has imposed a condition of a 9.9 per cent levy on deposits of more than 100,000 euros in Cyprus's banks as part of its 10 billion euro ($A12.6 billion) bailout for the island. US stocks also fell on Friday, bringing the Dow's 10-day ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... developing story in Cyprus suggests that hiding savings under the proverbial mattress might be safer than keeping them in banks. Cyprus is smaller than Greece -- It accounts for only 0.2% of total Eurozone GDP and just 2.5% of the region's total population. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... halt as a decline in a key consumer sentiment index highlighted continuing weaknesses in the economy. Trade was heavy in banks after the Fed completed its stress tests and capital plan reviews, and as a Senate committee report blasted JPMorgan Chase ...

Quantum makes T1 bonds available to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... launched a product that allows retail investors to access some of the high yielding T1 bonds issued by the four major trading banks. "This is the opportunity that we saw - to release a product that gave retail investors the ability to diversify their ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton fell 46 cents to $35.45, and Rio Tinto reversed $1.10 to $61.00. The major banks were mixed, with National Australia Bank dipping 22 cents cents to $30.73, ANZ added three cents to $28.51, Commonwealth ...