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IOOF profits surge 22 pc

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... and successful, and was fast becoming the leader in the second tier of a bifurcated market, where the first tier contains banks. IOOF, formed in 1846, told investors it would continue to grow the business organically.

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... contrast to the very low interest rates and quantitative easing programs currently engaged in by developed nations' central banks. The recent rise of food and energy prices - commodities that constitute a greater proportion spending in emerging markets ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... recovered from earlier falls to be up six cents at $46.64 and Rio Tinto was only down three cents by noon at $85.07. The banks were lower, with NAB down five cents at $25.78, Westpac falling four cents to $23.66, Commonwealth Bank losing 22 cents to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... its trading partners. But resource stocks led Shanghai higher on the back of rising energy prices, offsetting losses among banks and property firms caused by the People's Bank of China's decision to hike the reserve requirement for lenders. The bank's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... market a little bit on the nervous side." Investors also forced the market to consolidate by taking profits and the major banks led the market lower after they finished reporting first quarter trading results on Friday. National Australia Bank lost the ...

Bank blocks pension gold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... governments. "To protect against the euro uncertainty SPVG has chosen to invest in gold. This is the same argument of central banks and IMF to hold large gold positions," SPVG said in a statement. In 2009 SPVG sold off its 17 per cent investment in equities ...

Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... with responses at the appropriate time well coordinated with the international institutions and the regional development banks to accompany reforms designed to the benefit of the whole population and the stabilization of their economies." Heck yeah! ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... DAX gained 0.29 per cent to 7,426.81 points. China's central bank announced on Friday it would raise the amount of money banks must keep in reserve as it struggles to keep inflation under control in the world's second biggest economy. The reserve requirement ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... "Despite some positive offshore leads, the market is having a bit of a retreat... dragged down by a bit of weakness in the banks and certainly a little bit of weakness in the resource majors," Ms Spencer said. ANZ's disappointing first quarter trading ...

BNP enjoys wealth lift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... division will capitalise on the existing organisation in Asset Management, improve its position in the top five private banks in Hong Kong and Singapore, maintain its drive in insurance in India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan and keep expanding the presence ...