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Banks to reprioritise IT spending

THESHEET.COM WITH ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Australian banks are expected to invest in key risk technologies to boost their defensive position over the next 12 months in response to the global credit crisis. IT expenditure will come under new scrutiny but the area is no longer regarded as an ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... from paper clips to Boeing 747's come down. Suddenly inflation has become the dog with no bark. These have given central banks worldwide scope to implement precedent-setting interest rate reductions over the past few months. Given the still fragile state ...

Market Wrap - Midday

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... "It's a pretty average day," Mr Anderson said. "The 60 per cent fall in Asciano's share price has really weighed down on the banks." The stapled securities of the transport infrastructure company fell $1.03 or 59.88 per cent to 69 cents this morning. ...

QIC changes infrastructure tact

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... infrastructure sector by taking advantage of discounted prices caused by the financial crisis and deleveraging by global banks and hedge funds. Investment opportunities with a stable underlying credit profile is looking particularly profitable, according ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... "There are rumour that those shares are being offered at a 10 per cent discount at $20 per share. "There are concerns other banks may be forced to do the same. "The ANZ said it doesn't have to raise capital at this stage but its share price has fallen." ...

Mine's bigger than yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Slashers. This is what most central banks around the world have become as their respective economies appear oblivious to the myriad of rescue packages and the amount of money that is already flooding the system. The dire straits the global economy is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... at $40.07 at 1213 AEDT after confirming it had an exposure to Allco Finance Group of about $170 million. The other major banks were lower. ANZ was down $1.53, or 8.05 per cent, to $17.47, National Australia Bank dropped 96 cents, or 3.71 per cent, to ...

Humpty Dumpty Syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... products at home and abroad. Not when the world population's general wealth is shrinking. National governments and central banks have pulled out all the stops to try and reverse - or at the very least limit the potential damage - the ongoing economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... supply," Mr Wright said. "In five to six years down the track, there are going to be some pretty severe supply problems." Banks were mixed. ANZ was higher by 39 cents, or 2.07 per cent, to $19.19, while National Australia Bank had firmed 39 cents or ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... reason for this is that credit prices in the wholesale international markets remain high. Note how in recent times Australian banks passed only a fraction of the rate reduction to their borrowers. The CBA, for instance, reduced its lending rate by only ...