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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... long-term strategy for government spending cuts. But the Australian market reaction was mixed, with two of the big four banks going backwards. CommSec chief economist Craig James said Australian investors saw the US Republicans as delaying a tough decision ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... Major miner BHP was up 31.5 cents at $34.725, while Rio had advanced 36 cents to $60.28. Meanwhile Australia's big four banks were also higher. ANZ was up 15 cents at $24.87, CBA had risen 43 cents to $60.79, NAB was 19.5 cents firmer at $24.445 and ...

Yellow Brick Road targets Big Four bank employees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Yellow Brick Road is making a bid to poach disheartened staff from the Big Four banks with its latest recruitment drive. The financial services firm is looking for experienced finance industry professionals to fill posts for its new Wealth Agents business ...

Abernathy snubs IMF liquidity drivel

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... banks, says Clime Asset Management's John Abernathy. In a new report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the big four banks - Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ and NAB - should be forced to hold extra capital to help protect against damage from ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... lower following weak overseas leads and falls in its two biggest sectors, resources and financials. "Three of the big four banks have now gone ex-dividend so the short term reason to be in them has somewhat gone out and resources are struggling, so that ...

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 ...

Big four prepare market for annus horribilis 2013

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Australia's big four banks have posted combined cash earnings of more than $25 billion, but bank chiefs, analysts and investors alike have focused on concerns about the sustainability of returns in a tough environment. Westpac rounded off the reporting ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... "That's the not-so-subtle change that is happening and it is overdue and, I think, it is positive." Australia's big four banks were all in red figures - ANZ was down four cents at $25.58, CBA was off 10 cents at $56.63, NAB had slipped six cents to $26.24 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... CBA was down $1.755, or 3.0 per cent, at $55.595, after paying a final dividend of $1.97. The remainder of the big four banks were higher. Westpac was up 38 cents to $24.88, National Australia Bank had added 27.5 cents to $24.905 and ANZ was 13 cents ...

Australians lack genuine banking sector competition

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Results of a recently released banking survey suggest that most Australians think the Big Four Banks don't genuinely compete. According to an Essential Report survey of over 1,000 respondents, 66% of Australians said consumers would get a better deal ...