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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... higher at $47.04, however, and oil Search was one cent lower at $7.20, after benchmark oil rose slightly overnight. The major banks were mixed, with ANZ Banking Group up 14 cents at $24.07. Westpac was down seven cents at $24.39, Commonwealth Bank was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... time-high above $US39 an ounce. Silver explorer Silver Mines was up half a cent, or 1.33 per cent, at 38 cents. Among the major banks at 1205 AEST, ANZ was six cents lower at $23.88, National Australia Bank had eased six cents to $26, Commonwealth Bank ...

Smaller banks seeking platform independence

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Second tier banks are increasingly looking to sever ties with their larger rivals in favour of independent investment platform providers, according to the chief executive of Melbourne based Powerwrap. Tasmania's MyState Financial has signed a deal with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... Billiton had gained 52 cents, or 1.11 per cent, to $47.40, and Rio Tinto added 45 cents, or 0.53 per cent, to $85.95. Major banks were down, with the Commonwealth Bank easing 17 cents to $52.27, ANZ down two cents to $23.84, National Australia Bank also ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... was described by its developers yesterday as doing for the wealth management industry what ATMs and online banking did for banks. Bluedoor 2.0 will give financial institutions, fund administrators and asset managers access to straight-through processing ...

Banks loss is super fund gain: IFM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Top returns in infrastructure debt are driving superannuation growth opportunities as banks withdraw funding to the sector, an industry leader has said. Brett Himbury, chief executive of Industry Fund Management (IFM), said superannuation funds were ...

Hunter Hall defiant on Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... China and is also bullish on south-east Asia, not least Thailand where it expects property developers, supermarkets and banks to be beneficiaries of the spread of urbanisation. Thailand, where unemployment is at 1 per cent and GDP growth is higher than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... billion yuan ($A18.55 billion). Coalminers led the gains on hopes that high oil prices would push up the price of coal. Banks also rose as their valuations remain at a relatively low level compared with the broader market. TOKYO - Japanese shares closed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... Rio Tinto was ahead 20 cents at $84.95. Woodside Petroleum was $1.08 higher, or 2.3 per cent, at $47.88. The big retail banks were all higher. ANZ had gained 18 cents at $23.19 while NAB gained 22 cents at $26.07, and Westpac was 19 cents higher at $24.52. ...

Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... to escalating commodity prices, in particular the spike in the prices of food and oil. This will prompt calls for central banks to end quantitative easing and/or tighten monetary policy. Chinese authorities have already tighten and will be tightening ...