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The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... case for not tightening tomorrow! The other choice is of course to raise interest rates. And boy, wouldn't our big four banks love this! It'll give them an excuse to expand their margins...again! Have you noticed how these banks wail about the cost of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... "punished" lately, so any good news from the investment bank would be lapped up by the market. He noted some of the major banks still were higher. "NAB and the ANZ are going well on the backswing of their results the other day," Mr Heffernan said. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender of $700 million of December 2013 bonds. In equities news, the banks keep coming, with Macquarie Bank scheduled to release half year results. Toll Holdings Ltd -- which on Thursday announced ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, pushed higher by positive annual profit results from major local banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 48.5 points, or 1.04 per cent, to 4,696.6 points while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... be the most significant proposal in the report. If implemented properly, it will likely increase the competitiveness of banks operating in Australia, according to the respondents, many of which had more than $1 billion in assets under management. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... annual general meetings. On Wednesday, the Australian stock market slumped as the heat fell out of resources and the major banks retreated from early gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 39.66 points, or 0.85 per cent, to 4,648.1 points, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... think the market moved two points, broadly it hasn't made much of an impact," he said. "It is largely positive, because the banks will sit on their hands for the next month at least. "At this stage, with those numbers, it is probably a fairly good chance ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... RBA plays scrooge - it'll up interest rates next week. It always baffles me when financial markets speculate on central banks' decisions based on one figure and a dated one at that. If it were this simple, anyone could be a central banker. Inflation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... market ease back a little bit here today," he said. Mr Spiteri said the market was focused on the looming results from the banks. ANZ and NAB are due to release annual profit results this week, and Westpac releases its results next week. Commonwealth ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... Treasurer Joe Hockey has called for an in-depth review of the Australian financial system and competition among the big four banks - a move that could trigger another inquiry involving Australia's trillion dollar superannuation industry. Media reports ...