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Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Look ma, I passed the test! Hip, hip... Eighty-four European banks received their certificate of financial health from the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) over the weekend. They'll survive a recession and a sovereign debt crisis if ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... YORK - US stocks extended gains on Friday in cautious trading as Wall Street digested results of stress tests on European banks as well as quarterly earnings of American companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 102.32 points, or 0.99 per cent ...

Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... consumer and Internet names as interesting secular themes and are accumulating positions opportunistically. "We also like Thai banks, where we see potential for multi-year expansion driven by a strong corporate investment cycle," Erlanson said. Seres ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... were in a very bullish mood last night and we've followed on." The Australian market was led higher by the miners and the banks. BHP Billiton was up 1.71 per cent at 1212 AEST, by 67 cents at $39.55, while its rival, Rio Tinto Ltd, experienced a comparable ...

Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... it appears that markets are unusually certain of a positive outcome when European regulators publish the results of their banks' stress test tomorrow. Given the extrapolations to "the end is nigh" only a very few months ago, this is certainly unusual ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... European stock markets brushed aside weak US labour data on Thursday and instead followed strong US corporate results, with banks in the lead on expectations they have passed crucial tests on their financial well-being. Investors likewise set aside remarks ...

Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

From super funds to banks and financial planning groups, the industry is divided between those that are pinning their future growth and consumer engagement strategy through walk-in financial advice shops and those that are sticking with a more traditional ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... local and global. The concern here is inflation, and what's going to be the result of the (stress tests on the) European banks." Mr Smith said some investors were taking their lead from the RBA. "That's not a bad lead," he said. "Apart from that, there's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... of the US economy. Mr Taylor said the financial sector on the local market was being beaten down, after several large US banks had reported disappointing financial results. However, the healthcare sector was buoyed by a $1.99 billion takeover offer for ...

US Congress passes Wall Street reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the Dodd-Frank reforms approved by the US Congress this week will ensure that banks, not taxpayers, will pay for future bank failures, and protect consumers from Wall Street greed. Yesterday the 'Wall Street Reform ...