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Westpac calm in face of storm

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... an important line in the sand," she told journalists yesterday. "We're able to make that decision because we've done the heavy lifting of our balance sheet and with the strategy we've got we feel very confident with that decision. We'd like to see it ...

Westpac warns tough year ahead

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... term-deposit rates. Speaking at a media conference this morning, chief executive Gail Kelly said that the bank had completed the 'heavy lifting phase' of increasing its balance sheet but maintained that the bank would continue to keep a strong focus ...

With or without China we're not cactus: James

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... developed world economies, James says there's a failure to recogonise that emerging and developing markets will do much of the heavy economic lifting going forward. "The crossover point currently taking place within the global economy means that the ...

Advisers failing to engage disillusioned consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
The advisory community is falling short of its need to engage the hordes of consumers disillusioned by subdued sentiment and negative press, a panel of industry experts has said. Speaking at the annual AFA National Conference on the Gold Coast last ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... leaving British oil group BP with nearly a fifth of the Russian giant Rosneft, and took stock of a souring outlook from the heavy equipment maker Caterpillar. At 0809 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up one point at ...

Trading mistake forces Indian exchange crash

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
A $US125 million trading mistake last week caused India's National Stock Exchange to briefly crash, triggering a trading halt and a 15.5% fall on the main index. Mistakes made by a local brokerage in placing orders, saw the exchange's Nifty index fall ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... Australia Bank lost one cent to $26.30. Bank of Queensland was down 15 cents, or 1.99 per cent, at $7.40, following on from heavy losses on Friday. Brokers on Monday re-rated the bank amid concerns for its full-year earnings following a downgrade on ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... three "mutually reinforcing negatives" under way in China." "The first was a shift in China's economy away from a focus on heavy industrial investment and exports, which have driven metals and energy demand. The second was a wave of internal reforms ...

Australian super funds, world's third best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... taken in Australia, where FUM is highly tilted towards equities in contrast to other OECD pension fund systems that have a heavy tilting to bonds and cash. Behind Australia's 50% equities weighting are the US with 48%, Finland with 41%, Chile with 40% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... session. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.13 per cent and the S&P500 declined 0.01 per cent, the technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite gained 0.13 per cent. Making news locally, agricultural chemicals maker Nufarm has reported net profit of ...