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Tech "arms race" to spur banking competition

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Only banks with sufficient scale will survive the technology "arms race," the increase in competition and the entrance of non-traditional players, according to an EY global banking outlook for 2015. "The expense of competing, combined with declining ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... its first policy meeting of the year on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets have mostly risen following a rally on Wall Street and a strong pick-up in oil prices. However, Shanghai has plunged almost eight per cent after regulators punished three ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian share market has opened the week higher after Wall Street and European markets rose more than one per cent on Friday. At 1015 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 51.1 points, or 0.96 per cent, at 5,350.3, while the broader ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
It's a done deal! No more ifs, ors, ands and buts. You can bet the house on it - including all its contents (breathing or otherwise) - that four days from now, on 22 January, you, I and Irene would hear the European Central Bank (ECB) announce two letters ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... prices and US and European sharemarkets. The March share price index futures contract was up 76 points at 5,307. On Friday, Wall Street stocks gained one per cent as oil prices rebounded, snapping a five-day losing streak that had left the equity market ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... QBE was off 32 cents at $10.45 after the insurance industry rating agency AM Best lifted its outlook for the company. On Wall street on Thursday, stocks fell for a fifth straight day following disappointing US bank earnings and the Swiss bank's move. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
The Australian sharemarket has started lower following a slide on Wall Street and a fall in commodity prices. Wall Street finished in the red overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down around 1% on the back of disappointing retail figures ...

Nearly there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
The price of crude continues to dance the limbo (how low can you go?) After a strong start, Wall Street buckled after lunch as the price of WTI dropped to a low of US$44.20 a barrel and Brent touched US$45.19. The S&P 500 index gained as much as 1.4% ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... following another slide in oil prices overnight. The market is around 0.7% lower. That follows a fall of more than 0.5% on Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average and a 0.8% decline in its S&P 500 overnight. CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... market opened around half a per cent lower and remained at a similar level at noon, following a fall of almost one per cent on Wall Street on Friday and even larger falls on European markets. Mining and energy stocks were the weakest performers on the ...