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All about Eve

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... research from Veda Advantage (formerly known as Baycorp), which facilitates credit reference checks for Australia's major banks and lenders. Veda found in a recent gender credit study that women are more likely than men to pay their credit cards, personal ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... shareholders might get an even better price than the one that is on offer by Xstrata," Mr Arnold said. "We're also seeing banks come back into favour." He said Brambles was one of the few weak performers in early trade. "Maybe some of Brambles' very ...

Macq bank splits to grow

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... approved Macquarie Bank's split into a banking and non-banking group, a move that mirrors a similar step made by investment banks in the US. The banking group will include funds management, real estate, treasury and commodities, financial services, equity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... 1,519.59. The Nasdaq Composite Index surged 45.33 points, or 1.65 per cent, to 2,799.26. LONDON - UK stocks were boosted by banks and miners. The FTSE100 rose 54.7 points to 6,514.0 FRANKFURT - The DAX index added 47.85 points to 7842.79 points. PARIS ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... rates would rise at the next 6 November RBA Board meeting. Bad news for the Government" Meanwhile many of Australia's big banks have already already started to re-price rates across a range of consumer lending products above the RBA's official cash rate. ...

CBA links with German investment bank

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... provide Dresdner's corporate clients with banking services in Australia and vice versa. The non-exclusive deal will mean both banks will act as a 'recommended supplier' of banking services for their respective customers in Australia or Germany. The agreement ...

Asset finance companies lose lending share

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Finance companies are losing market share in their biggest market segment, business lending, as the banks make an aggressive push for more SME and middle market business. According to KPMG's 2006/07 survey of finance companies, released yesterday, finance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... to 6601 on a volume of 18,624 contracts. Aequs Securities Pty Ltd institutional dealer Ric Klusman said the resources and banks had been hit hardest today. "There is red right across the board. The resources and banks are predominately being hit. There ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... He said all local sectors had contributed to the fall, with the slightly weaker Dow Jones giving no real guidance. "The banks are obviously lower (but), in fact, in the top 20 there isn't a single solitary stock I can see that has gone up, so it is spread ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... noon despite a mixed lead from Wall Street, thanks to the usual suspects in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, and the big four banks. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 67.7 points to 6747.8 and the All Ordinaries had risen 62.8 points ...