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China's market party gets louder

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... The benchmark one year deposit rate is at 2.79 per cent and Chinese households are becoming dissatisfied with the earnings banks are giving them on their savings. This has led a rush into the stock markets where unprecedented numbers of individuals have ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... snapping a three-day losing streak, driven by acquisition talk and easing concerns of US inflation. China's move to let its banks to invest client funds in overseas equities also boosted UK banks and the FTSE 100 closed up 41.6 points at 6,565.7. However ...

Bumper year for wealth managers

The latest banking report by consulting firm KPMG has confirmed that the country's major banks enjoyed another record year in profits, with wealth management still the crowning jewel. According to KMPG's half year results performance survey, operating ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... 0800 AEST, the June share price index contract was down 73 points to 6303. Today, accounting firm KPMG releases its major banks survey. Automotive company Pacifica Group Ltd will hold its annual general meeting, as will resources company Minara Resources ...

Finance firms fail customer satisfaction test

Banks, super funds and fund managers are great at customer service by phone but fail to deliver the same service standards online, according to an IT customer satisfaction survey. Customer interaction management (CIM) software provider Talisma surveyed ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... the larger commodities companies. "But we haven't seen this backed up on the other side of the market with a number of the banks in negative territory as well as a number of other companies in the broader finance sector." At 1207 AEST, resources were ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... we're benefiting from that. "The beneficiaries are the resources sector, as well as the major industrials including the banks." Ms Spencer pointed to Rio Tinto as one of the star performers today, with a strong commodity prices helping to prop up the ...

Market retreats ahead of rates reprieve

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... being closed for the Golden Week holiday. But it wasn't all doom and gloom and among the market upswings were St George Banks bumper earnings growth, and a positive reaction from Santos shares, which shot up 36c following the South Australian Government's ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... per cent or 29.6 points on Tuesday, a thin trading day due to holidays in Asia and most major European stock markets, as banks weighed but media stocks surged late in the day. The FTSE 100 finished at 6419.6 points. The banking sector had earlier dragged ...

Confidently counting our chickens

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... share market's performance, with its nine month run on gains seemingly indifferent to any warnings of stretched valuations. Banks have had no small part in the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark breaking all records and peaking at 6,236.9 on 18 April and for domestic ...