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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... cent lower at $35.10, Rio Tinto fell 1.2 per to $65.85 and Fortescue Metals was down 1.44 per cent at $5.83. The four major banks were mostly higher. The Commonwealth Bank was up 11 cents to $51.06, ANZ rose 11 cents to $23.57 and Westpac was 10 cents ...

EQT wins Austock Life mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... alternative income investments through global economic volatility. "Furthermore, at a time when term deposit rates vary due to the banks increase in cost of funds, mortgage funds can make a useful diversification to investment portfolios," Terlikar s ...

Instreet launches new structured product

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... income investment product which aims to balance higher yield against risk by being linked to a basket of Australia's big four banks and delivering quarterly fixed income payments at 11% a year. Instreet managing director, George Lucas said that the Financial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... cents to $35.38, Rio Tinto was up eight cents to $66.71 and Fortescue Metals was down three cents to $5.95. The four major banks were also mixed. The Commonwealth Bank was up six cents to $51.00, ANZ was up 11 cents to $23.56 and Westpac was up five ...

CBA commits to local jobs

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... targets in the short term and managing towards them." Narev also allayed fears that CBA will move jobs offshore as other major banks have done over the past 12 months. "We see the value in our enterprise without having to send our jobs offshore... Technology ...

Private debt market imbalance to last years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... markets will continue to exhibit a supply/demand imbalance for years, according to new research from Partners Group. As banks and other providers continue to deleverage following the GFC, the current low issuance of new collateralised loan obligations ...

HSBC announces first int'l RMB bond

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... on the progress London has already made toward becoming the western hub for renminbi." "I hope that other major European banks and corporate will follow today's lead, and that we will see Chinese institutions and corporations issuing renminbi bonds in ...

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... so far topped expectations. And then of course, there is bad news Europe. MarketWatch reports that, "Bad loans at Spanish banks hit 18-year record. Non-performing loans at Spanish banks rose to an 18-year high of 8.16% in February from 7.91% in December ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... 3,240.29 points. Madrid's benchmark IBEX 35 lost a sharp 3.99 per cent after figures showed an spike in bad loans at Spanish banks and Milan's FTSE Mib index sank 1.71 per cent after the government downgraded its growth forecasts, putting off the 2013 ...

Russell rethinks indices on expected bank windfall

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... of reporting season. The semi-annual reconstitution has been driven by attractive valuations and expected income from the banks. "With banks looking to strip excess Tier 1 cash reserves from their balance sheets, the most likely outcome will be a number ...