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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... from Australia's competition regulator to reject a tie-up with Air New Zealand on cross-Tasman flights. But the big four banks had all posted gains, with Commonwealth Bank up 34 cents at $52.83, Westpac rising 21 cents to $23.19, ANZ up 18 cents at $23.94 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... $6.52. NAB was up 81 cents, or 3.38 per cent, at $24.76, and the best performer among the S&P/ASX20. The other big retail banks were also firmer at 1208 AEST. ANZ had risen 21 cents to $23.70, CBA was 60 cents higher at $52.38 and Westpac had advanced ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... around the world go up because Wall Street is up because the US economy is not headed down. Day 2. Europe cheated... again. Banks are holding more sovereign debts on their books than they admitted last July when the Committee of European Banking Supervisors ...

Kittel to head BankSA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... infrastructure and head of corporate services. "Jane is one of our most experienced general managers and has successfully managed our banks in the Pacific through the volatile period of the last few years. I am confident that BankSA under her leadership ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... cheatin' going on at the EU stress test. The WSJ disclosed that "Europe's recent "stress tests" of the strength of major banks understated some lenders' holdings of potentially risky government debt..." Further, "An examination of the banks' disclosures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... holiday and Europe trading on low volumes, there was no clear lead for investors from offshore. At 1200 AEST the big four banks were all less than one per cent higher, with ANZ the best performer, up 17 cents, or 0.72 per cent, at $23.83.

Investors eye $650bn 'niche' asset class

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... than $656 billion. Capital and lending opportunities, however, dried up after the number of shipping-focused commercial banks dropped and direct shipowner equity valuations fell between 2007 and 2009. In the past, investment in shipping has been notoriously ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... Macquarie shares were down $1.90 or 5.14 per cent, at $35.09, after recovering a little from mid-morning lows. But the big four banks all experienced gains by 1212 AEST, with Commonwealth Bank up 31 cents at $51.88, Westpac gaining 19 cents to $22.69 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, after losing some ground with all four major banks falling into negative territory. At 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.6 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 4,541.3 points, while the broader ...

The future of super: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Super funds looking more like banks, the transformation of advice as intra-fund advice takes flight, and defined contribution (DC) plans having their own regulatory arm - these are some of the outlooks for super over the next 10 to 20 years, according ...