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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... company announced a 2.4 per cent rise in third quarter sales. Among the banks, ANZ added 23 cents to $32.64, National Australia Bank was 58 cents higher at $35.12 and Commonwealth Bank was 51 cent stronger at $83.39. Westpac was down 78 cents to $33.28 ...

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
As Australia's extraordinary mining boom peters out, the Government is finally getting behind financial services exports and will invest $6 billion in free trade agreements (FTA) in Asia. "If we could lift our service exports like higher education ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... market would be some bargain hunting after several days of losses as well as a bounce in iron ore prices. National Australia Bank shares came out of a trading halt soon after the market opened and were down 23.37 cents, or 0.67 per cent, at $34.47 after ...

Goldman ordered to pay $100m to NAB

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Goldman Sachs has been ordered to pay US$80 million, plus around US$20 million in interest, to National Australia Bank for breaking rules related to the sale of mortgage-linked securities before the financial crisis. The US Financial Industry Regulatory ...

CCMC chief executive appointed as lead ombudsman

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The chief executive of the Code Compliance Monitoring Committee (CCMC) for the Code of Banking Practice, June Smith, will be leaving to expand her role at the Financial Ombudsman Service from July. Smith, who is also currently the general manager of ...

FEATURE: Australia's other love affair

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... exposure to property has been widely discussed over the past few months, especially following strong statements from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) showing concern that the funds' ability to borrow to buy ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... as the interest rate cycle might be near its trough"; ""The market is to some extent unsure on the direction of rates. The bank sector has run really hard, and probably ahead of itself," Macquarie Bank division director Martin Lakos said." ""[The banks'] ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... the coming months, including around another 2 billion euros to the IMF and nearly 7 billion euros to the European Central Bank. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mostly higher on Monday after a healthy US jobs report last week. Investor sentiment was ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... lifted 31 cents to $82.95, while ANZ gained three cents to $32.36 and Westpac advanced 11 cents to $34.17. National Australia Bank shares remain in a trading halt as it continued its $5.5 billion capital raising. The S&P/ASX 200 lost more than three ...

Barrett in buyout mode, acquires CBA firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Former ANZ advice director Paul Barrett has acquired Commonwealth Bank-owned Eureka Whittaker Macnaught through his financial planning business AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA). This is the group's first acquisition, but Barrett confirmed that it ...