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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... Tinto added $1.22, or 1.22 per cent, to $70.64. Fortescue Metals advanced nine cents, or 2.2 per cent, to $4.23. The big four banks also gained, with Commonwealth Bank rising 54 cents, or one per cent, to $52.74. ANZ was up 14 cents at $23.15,, NAB had ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The top four service providers in Korea administer around half of all funded corporate pension assets in the country, and account for KRW 7 trillion of assets, according to Towers Watson's Korea Pension Report. The new report covers 53 service providers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... firmly in the black with particular gains in energy and materials, she said. Commonwealth Bank was the weakest of the big four banks after Wednesday afternoon reports that major lenders could be facing class actions over excessive charges. At 1215 AEST ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... broad-based gains, but most of the activity is amongst the energy producers and the miners." At 1203 AEST, Australia's big four banks mostly were lower, however, with Commonwealth Bank down 17 cents at $58.03, National Australia Bank losing three cents ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... Search added six cents, or 1.03 per cent, to $5.91, and Santos put on 25 cents, or 1.78 per cent, to $14.33. Australia's big four banks moved into positive territory, too, led by ANZ Banking Group, which added 51 cents, or 2.06 per cent, to $25.21. National ...

New chapter in savings after government guarantee ends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... fixed income at Tyndall/Suncorp, said that the withdrawal of the Wholesale Guarantee will not affect the majors [the big four banks] "too much" as they have largely "weaned" themselves off it. "However, the smaller banks are probably more reliant on ...

Brand survey highlights top banks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... second tier bank customers are more satisfied with the level of service from their financial institution than those of the big four.

Future Fund targets credit assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... capital and were prepared to provide very high spreads so we invested in local residential mortgage backed securities, the big four banks and high quality global banks," he said. "We found we could get very attractive returns on credit, which encouraged ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... funds tend to have longer lock-up and redemption periods, less likely to use external pricing and less likely to have a big four auditor," said Brown. "Other leading indicators are that they misrepresent facts most of the time; there are problems verifying ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... confidence. Wesfarmers shares beefed up $1.69, or 6.39 per cent, to $28.13, while Woolworths gained 14 cents to $29.55. The big four banks were strong. National Australia Bank added 22 cents, or 0.72 per cent, to $30.94, Westpac advanced 69 cents, or ...