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Blame the G

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... compromising on plans for tax hikes and spending cuts and a near term exit of Greece from the euro, he said. The big four retail banks were all weaker. ANZ was down 19 cents at $24.26 and National Australia had dropped 24 cents to $23.40, while Westpac ...

Don't ignore Lifecycle Funds: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... Mercer's Corporate Super Trust launched a default Lifecycle Fund in July last year, and "pretty much all four of the big banks will launch one under MySuper," Mathers said. "They [the banks] will probably have a pretty strong message for mums and dads ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... States to be up to $US450 million ($A434.85 million). QBE shares dived $1.15, or 8.94 per cent, to $11.72. The four major banks were all higher. ANZ was up 10.5 cents to $24.665, National Australia Bank gained nine cents to $23.90, Westpac added 28 cents ...

Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... balance, assuming that the world economy will muddle through, that the European monetary union will survive and that central banks will implement more QE as and when required." "To break out of markets trading range we need to see some decisive news ...

Successful Telstra bond issue to open flood gates for big banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... well suited to the tricky investment climate and investors are looking for yield generating assets. The big four Aussie banks are obvious candidates for bond issues, as are staples like Woolworths." In the present market investors remain uncertain about ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian shares opened lower with the mining giants and most of the major banks posting falls. At 1022 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 42.4 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 4,441.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Light-years before Macquarie and YBR bother banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... has turned heads in the financial services industry as it promises to provide a genuine competitor to Australia's big four banks. Under the deal, Yellow Brick Road will try to undercut the likes of Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ and NAB by as much as ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... Australian stocks look set to open lower following further falls on international markets overnight after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. At 0631 AEDT on Friday ...

Markets await promising China leadership change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... and introduce more market driven policies - these reforms may not be positive for large index constituents (for example banks and other large listed state owned enterprises) but will be positive for the economy as a whole longer term, as well as for ...