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Deposits the battleground for margins

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... for more diversified and cheaper funding options. Ernst & Young analysed the 2012 half-year results of Australia's largest banks and found that deposits are now the battleground for stability and maintaining margins. "In this year's half-year reporting ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... ECB said it has no immediate plans to increase stimulus and said it may halt monetary policy operations to certain Greek banks." HONG KONG - Asian markets fell and the euro fell to a new four-month low on news Greece will go to the polls again after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... break the stalemate, the Dow lost ground. News that some 700 million euros ($A905.68 million) were withdrawn from Greek banks on Monday ignited fears about a concerted run on the country's banks. The S&P 500 fell 7.69 (0.57 per cent) to 1330.66. The ...

Private debt gets 'time in the sun'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... the liquidity sacrifice is typically three years but that a current invested fund is generating around 9%. While the major banks have traditionally dominated the commercial lending market, Basel 3 has prompted a spate of global deleveraging as banks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... cents down to $34.43, Rio Tinto was down 11 cents to $60.96 and Fortescue Metals was half a cent to $5.38. The four major banks were also mixed. ANZ was 22 cents higher at $22.26, National Australia Bank was 23 cents higher at $24.78 and Commonwealth ...

MSCI risk model targets volatility

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... volatility is doing." MSCI is a provider of investment decision support tools to investors globally, including asset managers, banks, hedge funds and pension funds. MSCI products and services include indices, portfolio risk and performance analytics ...

JPMorgan execs to resign over US$2bn trading loss

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... poses questions on compliance with the Volcker Ruler, due to be implemented as part of Dodd Frank in July US, which compels banks to cease proprietary trading which puts at risk the institution's own capital. Dimon had previously campaigned against excessive ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... bank holding companies (BHC) stress tested would be able to maintain their Tier 1 capital ratio - the strictest gauge of banks' capability to absorb financial shocks - at 5% or higher under the Fed's assumed worst scenario. Short of the predicted end ...

NAB Asset Servicing wins JCP Mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... clients. NAB said these include government agencies, investment managers, superannuation funds, insurance companies and banks.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... fourth-biggest listed bank. The market was also unsettled by reports the government would announce new rules on Friday obliging banks to boost provisions against risky property-related assets. In foreign exchange deals, the euro dropped to $1.2944 from ...