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FIIG Securities appoints director

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... its Sydney office. Gordon will be responsible for analysing the fixed-income securities of Australian corporations and US banks for FIIG Securities' clients. Before joining FIIG Securities, Gordon was a director of debt capital markets at Bank of America ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... rose 33.88 points, or 2.92 per cent, to 1,192.55 and the Nasdaq composite rose 85.83 points, or 3.52 per cent, to 2,527.34. Banks had some of the biggest gains as investors became less fearful of an imminent freeze-up in Europe's financial system, and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... bond auction on Wednesday shook confidence in the safe-haven status of Europe's biggest economy. Locally, all the major banks fell more than one per cent, with the Commonwealth Bank down 37 cents to $46.23. National Australia Bank lost 56 cents to $21.68 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... up eight cents, or 0.23 per cent, at $34.59, and Rio Tinto was up 34 cents, or 0.55 per cent, at $62.64. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank had gained four cents to $22.41, Westpac gained one cent to $19.84, ANZ had lost two cents at $19.08 ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... reacted. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it's lowering reserve requirements for more than 20 rural cooperative banks by 50 basis points to 16% effective tomorrow. And I'll bet my right eyeballs it'll do more if the slowdown gets any ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... AEDT, global miner BHP Billiton was down 57 cents at $35.03, and Rio Tinto had slid 80 cents at $63.70. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank had retreated 37 cents to $22.76, Westpac gave away 25 cents to $20.11, ANZ had lost 27 cents at $19.27 ...

Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
The Volcker rule intended to be help protect banks from future failure is being torn between critics who think it will gut the US corporate bond market and Congressmen who think it still contains too many loopholes. Meanwhile, former US Treasury Secretary ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... reporting a 30 per cent lift in first half net profit. The stock was up seven cents, or 4.29 per cent, at $1.70. The big retail banks were mostly lower. ANZ was down 18 cents at $19.57, CBA had fallen 29 cents to $47.26, NAB was off 28 cents at $22.92 ...

Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... quarter and get this... it's seven times more than their purchases in the same period last year. What exactly are central banks hedging against? Gold is generally regarded as a good hedge against inflation, deflation, currency debasement, and deficits. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... shed 23 cents to $12.91, Woodside Petroleum gave up 40 cents to $34.83 and Oil Search dropped 11 cents to $14.41. The major banks also are down, more than 1.3 per cent, with National Australia Bank losing most value. It's down 52 cents, or 2.14 per cent ...