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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... quiet trade after a muted lead from Wall Street, while sentiment remained high on expectations of policy moves by central banks in Europe, China and the US. With few catalysts from Monday, traders watched the release of key data in France, Germany and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... in New York late on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell as dealers awaited fresh stimulus drives by the central banks of the United States, Europe and China, while Japanese data showed growth slowing. Tokyo ended flat, edging down 0.07 per ...

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... against the dominant institutions. In his weekly economic note however, the Treasurer said that since December 2010 smaller banks have captured an estimated $17.7 billion in home lending business from the big banks with non-major banks growing home lending ...

Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... than that spooky episode back in 2008/09 when virtually all credit markets froze, when no one knew exactly how much losses banks and financial institutions carried on their books - and how many banks and financial institutions were affected, when no ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly climbed, with hopes rising for a new round of stimulus from the US and European central banks, but profit-taking reversed earlier gains in Hong Kong. Standard Chartered's Hong Kong-listed shares fell for a second day ...

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 ...

Super to eclipse banks as primary lender: Cooper

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Superannuation funds may have more money to lend than banks in under a decade, and could play a larger role in corporate lending than the corporate bond market, said Jeremy Cooper, architect of the government's Cooper Review. He expects banks, currently ...

Super funds look to banks on social media

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... short of qualifying as 'engaging', the report found. As 'best practice' use of social media by super funds is yet to emerge, banks can provide good insights on customer-centric use of the medium, according to the report. "These organisations are using ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... just continuing its rally which we've seen for the last two days," he said. "Expectations that both European and US central banks would stimulate their economies has been driving the market for the last few days." US stocks rallied for a third straight ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... agree with QE dissenters that organic growth is better - heaps better - than forever relying on the kindness of central banks, I also think that statements that lift confidence among investors, businesses and consumers has a role to play in cranking ...