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CCH to handle First Super compliance admin

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... to the entire management team. Automation is the only way to achieve that level reliably and at a reasonable cost." Many banks, custodian and major listed companies already use CCH's reporting platform and Jim Edwards, director of corporate reporting ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... the head of the retailer's US business Paul Naude said he was considering taking control of the company. The four major banks also had a positive opening. ANZ was up eight cents to $23.74, National Australia Bank was 12 cents to $23.32, Westpac gained ...

Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... that term-deposit rates could not be sustained at today's comparatively attractive levels. "The competitiveness between banks for term-deposit business has been one of the most difficult things to understand," he said. Tamar Hamlyn, principal at Ardea ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... 2.7 per cent with no real catalysts on Friday. Financial stocks were driving the market down, with three of the four major banks suffering losses. ANZ had shed 16 cents to $23.89, Westpac had lost 13.5 cents to $24.50 and Commonwealth Bank was 38 cents ...

Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... from 2016 to potentially impact (the AM) sector with higher capital/leverage requirements that require global and local banks to deleverage. He also expects global initiatives around capital and liquidity to create opportunities for the buy-side to play ...

Bubble forming in dividend stocks: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... investors in search of yield are pushed progressively along the risk spectrum." While traditional yield paying equities such as banks, REITs, utilities and Telstra have enjoyed strong performance in the last year, the strategist warns that income stocks ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... Billiton dived 50 cents to $33.23, Rio Tinto plunged $1.13 to $56.72 and Fortescue dropped six cents to $3.94. The four major banks also experienced falls on open. ANZ plummeted 29 cents to $23.91, National Australia Bank fell 10 cents to $23.14, Westpac ...

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... position... It's got high levels of external liabilities, it's got very weak external liquidity and that basically means the banks are very highly indebted compared to their peers." "For us, we look to Spain, which was Australia's closest peer four or ...

Federal election to compound market uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... consumer protection. Furthermore, competition may be enhanced by either removing the 'too big to fail' guarantee for the major banks or extending it to more institutions. "The path ahead for issues such as carbon pricing, the NBN and banking reform will ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... rate cut," Mr Daghlian told AAP. "We have had about a four per cent rise in wages in the last 12 months." Among the major banks, ANZ had lifted six cents at $24.11, National Australia Bank had climbed 17 cents to $23.28, Westpac had dumped eight cents ...