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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... relatively flat start on Friday as world markets failed to continue a strong rally sparked by central bank action for major banks. At 0829 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up two points at 4,239. There is no economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... points, with 16,932 contracts traded. Wall Street rallied strongly as investors cheered initiatives from a number of central banks to lower short-term borrowing rates to banks. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the offshore rally had been ...

Consolidation creating conflict between product and advice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... interest between product and advice," said Premium Wealth Management general manager, Paul Harding-Davis. "We think the banks, the life offices and the industry funds are all looking to achieve a similar outcome and this ultimately leads to less choice ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
The Australian market is set to open significantly higher as world markets surged on a move by six central banks to boost liquidity for banks weighed down by downgraded government debt. European markets rose by over three per cent and Wall Street is ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
Central banks of the world unite! The going must be getting tough because the tough (central banks) got going. Six of the world's biggest central banks -US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... 12 points lower at 4,122, with 20,322 contracts traded. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the big four banks were responsible for the turnaround on the market. "The banks have changed course," he said. "There was a threatened downgrade ...

S&P downgrades US bank ratings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
Standard & Poor's has downgraded the ratings of major US banks, including Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, by one notch. The ratings agency said it reviewed its ratings on 37 of the world's largest ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... France's AAA rating, before an actual downgrade. Moody's too was on warning mood. It placed the subordinated debt of 87 EU banks on review for a possible 2-notch markdown. In the US, it was Fitch Ratings that was sounding the alarm. It revised its US ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... industrial disputes with unions had cost the airline more than $650 million. At 1045 AEDT ANZ was the strongest of the major banks, putting on 21 cents, or 1.09 per cent, to $19.41. National Australia Bank lifted 15 cents, or 0.66 per cent, to $22.89 ...

The Rock and MyState merger approved

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... logical step in The Rock's development, providing a broader offering for customers and a real alternative to the bigger banks for the communities of regional Queensland," said Stephen Lonie, The Rock Building Society chair. Vertigan will remain as chair ...