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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... BHP Billiton fell 47 cents, or 0.96 per cent to $48.42, while Rio Tinto decreased $1.04, or 1.2 per cent to $85.96. Major banks were mixed, with Westpac leading the sector and gaining 19 cents, or 0.77 per cent to $24.73. In news on Wednesday, uranium ...

La Trobe buys super specialists IE Group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... third-party service to help superannuation funds find partners for their cash deposits, spreading risk across a panel of banks and increasing rates of returns. It has $80 million in managed cash. O'Neill said La Trobe was now talking to a number of super ...

BOQ launches online trading

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... CMC client. "The ability to invest in shares is a popular option for families and individuals...We can now match the big banks on product suite, while continuing to offer the personalised service that BOQ is well known for," said David Liddy managing ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... and they will also lessen pressure on inflation which, in turn, would reduce monetary tightening pressure among central banks. Another dip, another buying op.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... Frankfurt the DAX was off 0.17 per cent to 7,204.86 points. Other European markets posted similar modest losses. In London, the banks were in focus after a government commission recommended reforms to prevent the need for any more state bailout, chief ...

Bendigo aims to empower planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Wealth executive John Billington said that truly putting the customer first will be a differentiating factor. "A lot of banks talk about the customer being important but that's often a product flogging exercise. We're going to put in place mechanisms ...

Property primed for inflow pick up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... seems excessive. We're at the bottom of the market, people have got gearing down to 40-50% and there's no risk at all but banks are still charging four times what they once were," he said. One area of increased inflow is Asian institutions. "A trend ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... forecast downgrade and capital raising," Ms Chan said. "They have just ignored that completely." Ms Chan said the major retail banks were weaker, perhaps due to some investors switching out of finance stocks and into materials and energy. ANZ had fallen ...

Fund managers feast on billion-dollar debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... gaining traction," he said. "These corporates are all borrowing cheaper through the capital markets than in some cases the banks could borrow themselves," he said. Vivek Prabhu, portfolio manager and credit analyst for Perpetual, agreed, saying AA rated ...

Nine to propel YBR into retail sector

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... with a view to closing withing 90 days. In February, Yellow Brick Road further illustrated its intention to challenge the banks with the launch of its own range of term deposits. "Yellow Brick Road has entered into this strategic deal with Nine with ...