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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... to $24.55. Publishing and Broadcasting surrendered 33 cents to $18.41 and Fairfax lost six cents at $4.92. The big four banks also retreated, with NAB shedding 71 cents to $38.77, Commonwealth dropping 62 cents to $55.16, Westpac falling 12 cents to ...

Four pillars policy no longer relevant

... David Morgan has lambasted the government's 'four pillars policy', suggesting it would only make the country's four largest banks, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB and Westpac more vulnerable to foreign ownership. Speaking at the annual Trans Tasman Business ...

IMF blames the world

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... Federal Treasurer insists Australia's inflation remains within RBA targets, the International Monetary Fund warns central banks must tighten fiscal policies as global growth accelerates. In a July update to its 2007 World Economic Outlook, the IMF has ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... by the losses in the US. Investors were nervous that rising US subprime mortgage defaults could hit profits from global banks like HSBC Holdings, which fell in trade. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.5 per cent, or 110.70 points, to 23,362.18. WELLINGTON - ...

Biometrics to curb ID theft

... against it will resonate with a lot of people," said Best. Stamping out ID theft is on the top of the priority list of many banks and finance institutions. According to a separate study conducted by Deloitte last year, more than three-quarters of the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... Alumina nudged up one cent to $8.45. Aequs Securities institutional dealer Ric Klusman said today's trade was lacklustre, with banks pulling the market up and miners, surprisingly, failing to perform. "The banks are showing some strength and that is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
The Australian share market had retreated slightly at noon, despite some buoyancy among the banks, as gold and energy stocks went backwards. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index down 9.4 points to 6371.4, while the All Ordinaries lost points ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... contracts. ABN Amro Morgans adviser Lisa Jarvis said the market had drifted back from its earlier highs by noon today. "The banks have been particularly weak today," Ms Jarvis said. "The banks fallen since their open and are probably sitting around their ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
... BHP Billiton was off 78 cents, or about two per cent, at $37.68 and Rio Tinto was down $1.14 to $102.35. By 1206 AEST, the banks were down, but not as much as the rest of the market. National Australia Bank was down seven cents at $40.28, Commonwealth ...

Macq banks on appetite for gearing into super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
Macquarie has seen healthy inflows into its Managed Fund Instalments thanks to investor appetite for gearing into super. Macquarie said its MFIs, which provided geared exposure to a range of domestic and international markets, had been particularly ...