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Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... review," she said in a press statement. According to the D&M survey, at least 71% of Australian voters agree that the big four have an unfair advantage in the mortgage market while almost 80% believe the same banks make excessive profits. "Balance Banking ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... slice of the market - was one of the better performers at the open, rising 0.59 per cent, according to IRESS data. The big four banks were all higher. ANZ had risen eight cents to $27.85, CBA was up 47 cents at $65.59, NAB was 15 cents firmer at $29.24 ...

Banks raise $15bn in wholesale markets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... excluded $6 billion of pre-funding for the 2013 year raised in the prior period. There is also appetite for Australia's big four banks within the listed debt market with Westpac Banking Corp doubling its hybrid security issue to $1.25 billion on the ...

CBA to snare DIY investors with MyWealth platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... around $484 billion in assets within SMSFs, according to the latest figures from APRA, it's little surprise that the big four banks are making bids to join the party. National Australia Bank launched a similar trading platform last year. Where CBA's ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... moving up once again so that's been a positive for that space," said Julia Lee, equities analyst at Bell Direct. "The big four banks are also moving higher - we're seeing a gain of about 0.3 to 0.6 per cent. "The fact that we're seeing two of our biggest ...

Tyndall to sell Aussie bank loans into Japan

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... for confidentially reasons, but confirmed that an agreement had been made and that it was not necessarily one of the 'big four'. After spending the last six months preparing the product, Davis told Financial Standard this morning that the company would ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... and a long-term strategy for government spending cuts. But the Australian market reaction was mixed, with two of the big four banks going backwards. CommSec chief economist Craig James said Australian investors saw the US Republicans as delaying a tough ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... data. Major miner BHP was up 31.5 cents at $34.725, while Rio had advanced 36 cents to $60.28. Meanwhile Australia's big four banks were also higher. ANZ was up 15 cents at $24.87, CBA had risen 43 cents to $60.79, NAB was 19.5 cents firmer at $24.445 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... share price index futures contract was 15 points higher at 4,520 points, on a volume of 7,145 contracts. Australia's big four retail banks were in positive territory at the start of trade, as market players waited for their response to the central bank's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... rate by 25 basis points to three per cent. Financial stocks were among the market's better performers, with two of the big four retail banks up in early trade. CBA had risen 36 cents, or 0.59 per cent, to $61.17 and NAB had advanced 16 cents, or 0.66 ...