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Deposits from adviser market boost ME Bank deposits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... corporate networks, creating a diversified deposit balance sheet." The increase comes in spite of heavy competition from the Big Four. Donohue added that the bank had worked hard to build a reputation for consistent deposit rates and flexible terms. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... among the worst hit. "It is looking a bit sad today," Mr Bishop said. "The financials have taken the brunt of it." The big four retail banks all had posted declines of more than one per cent by noon. ANZ had fallen 90 cents to $28.41, CBA was off $1.23 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... But its shares fell 13 cents to $3.59. At the other end of the scale, financial stocks were up 0.46 per cent, with the big four retail banks all in positive territory. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said market players were rotating out of resources ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with the strong start to the trading day underpinned by gains among the big four retail banks and defensive sectors. Local market players took their cues from a positive finish on Wall Street and a rebound in commodities ...

NAB confirms fresh managerial changes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... The poor performance of NAB's struggling UK businesses has seen the bank lag the blockbuster profits reported by its Big Four rivals CommBank, Westpac and ANZ in recent months. This has led to increasing pressure from shareholders to generate an improved ...

Bissaker sets sights on Big Four market share

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... Australia (VMA) Brian Bissaker said the tie-up with Bank of Queensland (BOQ) would lay the ground for an assault on the Big Four bank's market share. Bissaker told Financial Standard there would be significant additional investment to grow the business ...

Earnings growth key to equity returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... outperformance is because he is prepared to deviate significantly from an index which is dominated by miners and the big four banks. "We have strong positions in a number of companies taking advantage of the secular shift in traditional retail and advertising ...

Shortage of reliable Aussie income products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... earnings, pricing power, high dividend reliability and high levels of free cashflow. It features names such as ASX, the big four banks, Telstra and Woolworths and avoids sector such as mining, where earnings are more erratic. Birtles said he was laying ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... performers, up 11 cents at $4.51, while Rio Tinto had gained $1.15 to $64.38 and BHP Billiton had added 19 cents to $36.01. The big four banks were slightly lower, with ANZ posting the largest fall, down 16 cents at $28.85. Telstra was also down, losing ...

Austpac launches mortgage income fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... managing director, said launching the fund was timed to coincide with the lowering of offshore funding costs for the Big Four Banks that will eventually lead to a lowering of deposit rates. "With that in mind, we believe that now is the perfect time ...