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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... it more around the flat line because those leads in the US were uninspiring." Westpac was the best performer of the big banks, up 16 cents, or 0.7 per cent at $23.16. The bank said at its annual general meeting that it expected the economy to improve ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... stayed in the green through the morning, the bourse was held back by financial stocks, with three of the four big retail banks down by close to one per cent. Macquarie Private Wealth division director, Lucinda Chan, said some market players had taken ...

Perpetual raises $170 million for mortgage fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... property loans of between $5 and $30 million, an area that he feels is not currently being serviced by local or foreign banks. "This type of financing will free-up credit lines with the banks and allow the release of development and construction financing," ...

Aviva Investors outlines top tips for 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... Investors favours cyclical sectors next year, specifically highlighting the resources sector. The fund manager also sees banks doing well in 2011, arguing that the negatives are already priced in, and that most of the regulatory risks are abating.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... non-bank lender, Aussie Home Loans. On Monday, the Australian share market was driven marginally higher by the big four banks and miners, but smaller banks lost ground amid expectations they will be hardest hit by the federal government's banking reforms ...

Covered bond conundrum

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
While the Treasurer's proposed reforms to permit banks and credit unions to issue covered bonds is broadly positive for the development of a bond market, investors can't expect a windfall in yields, said a QIC credit market expert. Australia's super ...

Banking on a super precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... wouldn't be brave enough to outlaw an entire class of fee. The bad news for wealth managers is that if it can do this to banks, then concerns over banning commissions by much politically weaker critics in financial advisers and platform operators are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, led by banks and miners, following a solid lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.8 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,766.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... the reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points - the sixth this year. Starting on 20 December, 18.5 per cent of large banks' capital (15 per cent for small ones) would be sitting idly in their vaults. And that's not the end of that. Accelerating retail ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... S&P/ASX50 at noon. IG Markets analyst Cameron Peacock said weaker resources stocks had outweighed a positive performance by banks in morning trade. "Definitely financials are performing well on the upside and, I guess on the flipside, you have got a ...