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Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... surged 60 cents to $67.80, BHP Billiton added eight cents to $38.00 and Fortescue gained four cents to $4.83. The major banks opened higher or flat. Commonwealth Bank jumped 13 cents to $65.18, ANZ added six cents to $26.80, National Australia Bank gained ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... work. Now everybody's - even the headlines - are talking about reflation and the great rotation. Reflation. Yes. The central banks are still onto it... and are being joined by others. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered interest rates and its reserve ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... posted strong gains on reassuring US jobs data, but Madrid was hit by news of falling profits at the country's crisis-hit banks. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies gained 1.12 per cent to close at 6,347.24 points as a slight expansion in manufacturing ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... up once again so that's been a positive for that space," said Julia Lee, equities analyst at Bell Direct. "The big four banks are also moving higher - we're seeing a gain of about 0.3 to 0.6 per cent. "The fact that we're seeing two of our biggest sectors ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... on the Australian market, with BHP Billiton down 28 cents to $37.34, and Rio Tinto down 65 cents to $66.47. All the major banks were relatively flat. Making news, a cystic fibrosis treatment developed by Australian pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis has ...

Two new La Trobe directors

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... highly experienced senior corporate and commercial banker having over 40 years' experience working with Australia's major banks such as NAB, Westpac and ANZ. While at NAB, Marriott held senior roles in corporate and institutional banking, credit, project ...

Insurers to exit risky fixed income positions: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... attractive risk-to-reward levels," he said. He added that the on-going asset purchase policies of developed world central banks, coupled with the global thirst for high quality income has suppressed the yields on offer in the fixed income market. "Faced ...

It's happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013

Former mortgage broker convicted

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... September 2012 Daniel Nguyen, of Panania, pleaded guilty to 10 offences including providing false information and documents to banks to secure approvals for home loans totalling more than $3 million over a five month period. The loans Nguyen was involved ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... havens are experiencing extreme turmoil, Bridges continued, Australian dollar-denominated assets are benefiting from central banks' impetus for diversification away from currencies such as the US dollar, and this is helping drive bond prices higher. ...