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AMP fin svcs results reflect overall growth...

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... something very special in our industry and to create and improve the competitive dynamics beyond what's available from major banks in wealth management," said Dunn. "That breadth of quality is apparent in our advice capability and our product platform ...

Financial services turn to Twitter

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... to position it within their marketing strategy. The first US wealth management companies to begin using social media were banks, credit card issuers and self-directed brokerages. This mirrors the take up of social media seen in Australia among financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... six months to June 30 2011, from $US901 million ($A862.53 million) for the same period a year earlier. At noon the major banks were higher at noon, making up losses in early trade, with Westpac up 23 cents to $20.48. The nation's second-largest bank ...

Super funds want a cost-benefit analysis on disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... said. "But I think one of the things people really do value, is where is the money." "Say 5% of the fund is in Australian banks, 20% is in Australian resource companies - that sort of disclosure is very good," she said. "But listing every single security ...

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... credit," she wrote. Ulrich wrote that aggressive hikes of reserve requirement ratios had left about RMB16 trillion of Chinese banks' deposit base frozen. China lifted the reserve requirement ratio for large banks to 21.5% on June 20, the sixth hike this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... coming year. News Corp rose 16.75 per cent following its solid after-close earnings report and bullish forecast Wednesday. Banks also recovered some of the previous day's 10 per cent-plus losses. Bank of America added 7.1 per cent while Citigroup gained ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... strongly negative territory," Mr McCarthy said. "In essence, there's still a lot of fear in the market... Some of those French banks were down more than 20 per cent in a single session." In local trade, banks and financials opened lower, with Westpac ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... days of the GFC when speculation on who'll be the next big one to come a-tumbling down dominated the rumour mill. It was banks, mortgage companies and investment companies back in 2008. It became the small countries in the periphery of the Eurozone in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... by worries of possible problems with Greece's new bailout deal and a rumoured ratings downgrade of France and/or French banks. Bank shares led the drop in the US markets, amid speculation that they faced more pressure to stop parking money with the central ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... great long-term buying opportunity was opening. Keenan said the Australian market looked cheap on the fundamentals with banks trading at 9 to 10 times earnings with 8% yields. Volatility was still likely to be an issue with a choppy lead from the US ...