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Successful Telstra bond issue to open flood gates for big banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... defensive earnings are well suited to the tricky investment climate and investors are looking for yield generating assets. The big four Aussie banks are obvious candidates for bond issues, as are staples like Woolworths." In the present market investors ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... had opened lower following weak overseas leads and falls in its two biggest sectors, resources and financials. "Three of the big four banks have now gone ex-dividend so the short term reason to be in them has somewhat gone out and resources are struggling ...

Light-years before Macquarie and YBR bother banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... The move has turned heads in the financial services industry as it promises to provide a genuine competitor to Australia's big four banks. Under the deal, Yellow Brick Road will try to undercut the likes of Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ and NAB by ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... got lucky - and may still be nursing hangovers - but for the rest of us, it's back to where we were the week before. For the big macro events of this week hasn't changed one iota of the future. It was status quo all around. The songs remain the same. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian stocks look set to open lower following further falls on international markets overnight after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. At 0631 AEDT on Friday ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... minerals stocks were the worst-performing sector at the open, falling 1.77 per cent, according to IRESS data. Australia's two big market sectors, materials and financials, were down 1.71 per cent and 1.3 per cent, respectively. ANZ was down $1.10, or ...

FATCA discussions welcomed by FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... have commenced with the United States on an intergovernmental agreement for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). A big part the intergovernmental agreement is to make sure Australian compliance with FATCA happens in a way that reduces its ...

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
The annus horribilis that Australia's big-four banks expect to define 2013 could become a present reality if too much of their fortunes are hitched to an expected strengthening global economy following the re-election of US President Barrack Obama yesterday ...

Super's growth a challenge for ASIC: Medcraft

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Superannuation's growth over the next decade is one of the biggest challenges facing Australia's corporate regulator, said ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft. As the size of the superannuation sector expands to $3 trillion over the next decade, the extra products ...

Big four prepare market for annus horribilis 2013

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Australia's big four banks have posted combined cash earnings of more than $25 billion, but bank chiefs, analysts and investors alike have focused on concerns about the sustainability of returns in a tough environment. Westpac rounded off the reporting ...