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Retail funds close member satisfaction gap

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... scoring 1.4% higher than retail funds. A year ago the difference was almost 8%. Of the big five retail fund providers (the big four banks plus AMP), AMP scored lowest at 46.4%, followed by ANZ. Public sector funds, meanwhile, scored much higher than ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... cents, or more than 16 per cent, after downgrading its earnings guidance in the wake of weaker than expected sales. The big four banks were all lower, with the Commonwealth Bank down 73 cents at $74.19, while National Australia Bank lost 36 cents to ...

SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... found that "many companies comply with what their new and important shareholders demand" and use the redundancies in the big four banks over recent months as an example. "In a growth constrained environment the big banks have reverted to cost cuts to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... across the board, you don't have a move in the Dow like that without having a response across our market," he said. The big four banks were more than one per cent lower, with Westpac down 38 cents to $30.74, ANZ down 47 cents to $30.17, Commonwealth ...

Banks need top line growth after SMSF-led run

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
The big four banks need to see top line revenue growth after a year that saw income-hungry self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and other investors invest heavily in the banks, according StocksInValue head of equities insights and publishing David ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... and also we have concerns over Fed stimulus tapering, the impact that that may have on the US financial system." The big four banks all began weaker, with the Commonwealth down five cents at $75.42, ANZ 15 cents worse off at $30.88, Westpac falling 19 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... backwards, following a slide in the gold price overnight. "We're looking pretty good across the board," he said. Among the big four banks, the Commonwealth was up 60 cents at $76.40, ANZ had gained 35 cents to $31.14, Westpac had lifted 24 cents to $31.75 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... last three trading days and we are expecting, in the short term, to see further pressure on the market," he said. The big four banks were among the worst performers, with the Commonwealth down 45 cents at $76.55, ANZ worse off by 24 cents at $31.08 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... expression, you've got to be pretty game to go and say, `Yes, it's at the bottom. I'll take a punt here'." Among the big four banks, Westpac lifted 14 cents to $31.33, ANZ firmed seven cents to $30.85, but Commonwealth Bank shed 22 cents at $75.05 and ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... ahead to the release of Chinese economic data, due later Tuesday afternoon. Westpac was the strongest performer among the big four banks, lifting 47.5 cents to $31.565, while ANZ shares gained 34 cents to $31.09, Commonwealth Bank put on 56 cents to ...