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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... a significant bearing on us of course, and our market is going forward as the Nikkei gets better," he said. "I think the banks and the big resources got oversold yesterday. It's understandable why it happened. There is certainly a lot of uncertainty ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... the greater the toll on Japan, its economy, its people and the financial markets, the greater the likelihood that central banks will be pumping more money into the financial system. Stay safe people of Japan.

Mind the leadership gap: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... management. More worryingly, only 51 per cent of finance employees - including from super funds, financial advisory groups and banks, agreed their senior leaders were worthy of their trust. Head honchos were universally panned, with the finance sector's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... $79.49. Energy stocks were also weaker, with Woodside losing 36 cents to $41.84 and Santos down 21 cents to $14.24. The banks were also all down, with Westpac off 19 cents at $23.00, Commonwealth shedding seven cents to $51.23, ANZ dropping 37 cents ...

Westpac launches Bank of Victoria

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
St.George bank branches in Victoria are renamed Bank of Melbourne giving the Westpac subsidiary a fresh identity within the state. Westpac will establish over 100 Bank of Melbourne branches and corporate banking centres over the next five years, as ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... funds. Contributions into superannuation funds in the December quarter meanwhile were only an estimated $27 billion, meaning banks are now twice as popular as super funds. This position is unlikely to change until confidence returns to the superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... or 0.13 per cent, to 4,902.5 points. NEW YORK - Financial companies pushed stock indexes higher on Tuesday on signs that banks may soon raise their dividends. Bank of America Corp gained 4.7 per cent, the most of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones ...

Hunter Hall launches two equity funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... very varied market and there are some tremendously cheap stocks," he said. The fund manager has invested heavily in Indian banks since 2006, and will scan the continent for value in manufacturing, service and distribution businesses, confident that cheap ...

Alphinity grows new business

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... funds that were previously managed in-house. The firm, which only buys companies listed in the ASX200, has been underweight banks, a move which has benefited their Concentrated fund particularly. "Our investment philosophy is buy companies that are entering ...

New rules on bank liquidity clarified

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) produced a global framework that set limits on liquidity risk for banks. As a result new regulations are to provide minimum standards for how much liquid capital banks must hold and in what form. ...