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Market Wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... recovery in commodity prices overnight. Major banking stocks also lost some of the ground made over the last few weeks as Westpac went ex-dividend. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 34.5 points at 5395.4, while the all ordinaries was ...

Westpac launches affordable bill cover

Consumers hard pressed to fork out extra cash to pay for insurance cover should consider Westpac Life Insurance's new product called 'Bill Cover', which offers as much as $600 cover to pay for bills from a low $12 premium per month. The Westpac offering ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... confidence and conditions which showed an improvement in business conditions and stability of business confidence, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index showed that consumer pessimism is rising with the index falling 9.7 per cent to ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... Australia Bank rising 18 cents to $39.43, Commonwealth Bank finding 27 cents to $48.77, ANZ firming 32 cents to $29.22 and Westpac advancing 12 cents to $25.13. BHP Billition lifted 15 cents to $27.00 and rival Rio Tinto made five cents to $76.60. Telstra ...

Build websites around users not IT teams

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
... the ultimate success of any online or digital service hinges on the user's experience." Cunnington, who has worked with Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Suncorp, said that usability is particularly relevant to financial services firms who rely on ...

Banks take a softly, softly approach to electronic banking

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... is the difficulty. We have to be sure the person attaching a digital signature at the other end is the right person." Westpac has taken a leading role in the development of electronic communication with customers. Twelve months ago the bank started offering ...

Westpac appoints NZ chief

Westpac has appointed GE Capital Bank chairman, Brad Cooper, as chief executive officer for Westpac New Zealand to replace current chief, Ann Sherry. Ann Sherry said she wanted to return to Australia when her term ends in early 2007. "For four years ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... The major banks were mostly firmer with National Australia Bank gaining 25 cents to $40.46, ANZ up 16 cents at $29.96, Westpac eight cents stronger at $24.44, but Commonwealth Bank lost 12 cents at $48.38.

Ord Minnett adds to private client team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... significant private client base. Tony Board also joins Ord Minnett as a private client adviser, leaving his role with Westpac where he was national development manager for the financial planning team. Karl Morris, managing director and chief executive ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The recent uplift in consumer sentiment as measured by the Westpac survey has not been transferred into much buoyancy in retail sales, as indicated by the ABS monthly release of the data yesterday. Retail sales grew by just 0.1 per cent in seasonally ...