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Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... shares ended flat as a late sell-off erased earlier gains. Renewed concerns about eurozone debt offset gains in China-related banks ahead of Agricultural Bank of China's initial public offering. Moody's Investors Service late Monday cut Greece's government ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... 15.3%, compared with a peak of 79% in America." And for added measure, "If mortgages did turn sour, how badly would China's banks suffer? China Merchants Bank's mortgage book grew by 70% in 2009. But mortgages still amounted to only 23% of its total ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... market was flat to lower at noon following a negative start to the trading day with losses among mining stocks, but the banks were stronger. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.3 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,376.9 points at 1203 AEST, while the ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... trillion of assets, according to Towers Watson's Korea Pension Report. The new report covers 53 service providers including banks, insurers and securities firms. The report, which uses end 2009 figures, shows that Samsung Life is currently the market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... Tuesday, the share market reversed from recent losses to close higher, driven by bargin hunting among the big miners and banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 55.3 points, or 1.28 per cent, to 4,381.2 points, while the broad-market All Ordinaries ...

Progress fast tracks bank fraud alert

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Progress Software has launched a new product that enables banks to be more 'operationally responsive" without the need for a major IT overhaul. This year, the firm launched the Progress Responsive Process Management Suite, which as it name suggests ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... trading back towards the 4,300 level on the ASX200 and that's been a strong level of support for the last few weeks." The big banks were higher at 1200 AEST. ANZ was up 14 cents at $22.16, CBA had risen 45 cents to $50.53, NAB was 53 cents firmer at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... spending. Financial stocks also fell sharply on concerns that borrowers would continue having problems paying their bills. Banks were hurt further by worries about their vulnerability to Europe's troubles. The US government's May jobs report was an unpleasant ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... $HK51.59 billion. But Chinese shares fell 0.73 per cent, reversing early gains amid worries over the fundraising plans of key banks and the possibility of further government measures to cool the red-hot property sector, dealers said. The Shanghai Composite ...