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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... Friday," ABN Amro Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said. "We're up a little, it's pretty flattish." The major banks were showing some improvement as investors sought out defensive stocks in a volatile market. Easing commodity prices had weighed ...

Deutsche Bank appoints new head of equity

... years and is currently head of financial institutions company research. "Ross is consistently one of Australia's top rated banks analysts and will maintain his existing company coverage in his new role," said the group in a statement. Michael Ormaechea ...

Star ratings on staff? Only in China

... Business Banking Sentiment index, tracked by East & Partners, revealed a month-on-month fall in positive sentiment towards banks from July to August. "Overall sentiment towards business banks has dropped for the second consecutive month, a real indication ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
... guiding sectors struggled. "Rio Tinto has had a small rise, but there's been some impediments with BHP and Woodside, the major banks are all down, and generally, there's a bit of uncertainty," Mr Smith said. "However, the share price futures index for ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
... contract gained 20 points to 5,010. The NSW government will meet with Westpac today over a proposal to move almost 500 of the banks administrative jobs offshore. The military coup in Thailand and worse- than- expected US economic data helped drive the ...

Banks to fund consumer IT security: Symantec

Banks may have to pay for the IT systems of their clients if they want to avert the trend where consumers are refusing to transact online due to rampant IT identity theft and sophisticated internet scams. David Sykes, vice-president of Symantec's Pacific ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... Netherlands later this month. Australian stocks ended higher yesterday, echoing a lead set in the United States last week, with banks heading the charge upwards. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 36.4 points to 5,072.8 while the all ordinaries ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
... contract rose points 24 points to 5,056 on a volume of 35,976 contracts. ABN Amro Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said the banks were propping up the market, as investors waited for further direction from overseas indices and pending corporate activity ...

Coming soon: Virgin personal loans

... loans. "It's part of our consumer crusade because we don't think having those features are for their benefit." While many banks already have a quick-approval process on their personal loans, Virgin will raise the bar further by reducing the time it takes ...

Fund advertising is essential: Retailers Assoc

... doing exactly the same thing. Figures recently released by AC Neilson found that advertising money spent by just the major banks over the last year exceeded $120 million, dwarfing the money spent by all not-for-profit funds. The combined spend of the ...