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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... 1.5 cents to $60.065, BHP Billiton lost 25 cents to $34.61, and Fortescue Metals lifted seven cents to $3.65. Among the big four banks, the Commonwealth Bank was up 37 cents at $76.82, ANZ rose 17 cents to $31.38, Westpac edged up one cent to $32.41 ...

Aluminum windows and ferries: the case for small-cap investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
With most investors allocating much of their equity towards the big four and resources, Perennial Investment Partners has made a case for investing in small companies that make aluminum windows or own the Kangaroo Island ferries. "We see some near-term ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The share market is lower as the big four banks and resources companies suffer significant falls. Shares were being weighed down by lower commodity prices, ongoing concerns about conflict in Iraq and Syria, and talk the US Federal Reserve will lift ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... cents higher at $35.72, while Rio Tinto rose 10 cents to $61.66 and Fortescue Metals gained four cents to $3.91. But the big four banks were weaker, weighed down by concerns about the possibility of a yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum. ...

Advisers ask for segmented education standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... mum and dads, then you've got mid-tier firms who will be more savvy and service SMEs and finally the partners at the big four who will deal with very sophisticated clients," she explained. "There is this segmentation informally in the financial advice ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball admitted that industry funds "are going to struggle" to compete with the big four banks' scale and distribution channels. He said that their marketing capacity "is more than just advertising; it's using ...

Big four fail in cross-selling retail super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Australia's big four banks are failing to cross-sell their retail superannuation products to their existing banking customers, the latest Roy Morgan research shows. Each of the banks is capturing less than 20% of their customers' superannuation balances ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
The share market is flat as gains by the big four banks offset weakness in the resources sector. Morgans private client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said the market was holding up well given a weak lead from Wall Street. The mining sector's weakness ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... airliner Virgin reported on Friday that it almost tripled its losses on the previous years but its shares were flat. The big four banks were enjoyed a positive bump, as Commonwealth lifted 16 cents to $81.29, ANZ gained eight cents to $33.45, NAB climbed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... $2.035, after it posted a $149.2 million profit for 2013/14, turning around its $70 million loss a year earlier. The big four banks were all up as Commonwealth Bank rose 33 cents to $81.07, Westpac lifted 17 cents to $35.08, ANZ climbed 21 cents to $33.51 ...