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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... to be an average sort of a day I think, following the commodities last night, and that has also been extended to the big banks, but why I haven't the faintest idea - profit taking is the obvious answer," he said. Among the diversified miners, BHP Billiton ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... yesterday, boosted by the big mining stocks and with a solid profit result from St George Bank driving up most of the big banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 32.0 points to record 5416.4 and the all ordinaries gained 30.7 points to a record 5383.6. ...

ING Australia disappoints

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... not met the hurdle rate set for it, ANZ chief executive, John McFarlane, said yesterday. McFarlane said none of the big banks were getting "a lot of value" from their wealth management acquisitions because of the high prices paid for them. That being ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... future revenue target range to seven to 10 per cent. ANZ shares were trading higher at 52 cents to $28.94. The other big banks were stronger, with Commonwealth Bank jumping 63 cents to $47.95, the National Australia Bank adding 39 cents to $38.45, and ...

Big banks pursue more exotic securitisation schemes

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
ANZ is to double its collateralised loan obligation (CLO) business volumes to $2.2 billion using a deal offered through Resonance Funding Series 2006-1, a special purpose vehicle that will bundle a coupon rate through 110 corporate loans held by the ...

You are how you spend, not your age

... banks have looked into using 'neotypology' as their key consumer research behind their product development. "All of the big banks are well-evolved in their customer journey. Some are better than others. But now they can't have one customer journey but ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... price index contract was up nine points to 5,061 on a volume of 4,938 contracts. CMC Markets analyst David Land said the big banks were counterbalancing weakness in the resources sector. "It's a bit of an impasse... with a little bit of negative weight ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... the Australian stock market closed higher, in a day of largely neutral trading among the resources heavyweights and big banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 7.5 points at 5142.8 while the all ordinaries gained 6.4 points to 5102.9. NEW YORK - US ...

Time for another Wallis Inquiry

... current government regulation blocks any similar mega-mergers despite the fact that from an international perspective, big banks such as ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac are 'relatively minnows', he said. "If Australian banks are to compete internationally ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2006
... Co pushed blue-chip US stocks higher overnight. The local bourse closed at a fresh high yesterday, led by most of the big banks and strong performances from telco Telstra, aluminium smelter Alumina and beverages firm Foster's Group. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...