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Tech "arms race" to spur banking competition

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... "dramatically reduced and penetration rates significantly increased." Regarding the controversial debate around robo-advice and bank staff being replaced by robots, EY said: "While we expect self-service machines to replace cashiers and mobile wallets ...

What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Self-managed super funds (SMSF) are expected to buy $1 billion of Australian equities per month, but what if individual investors developed an appetite for global stocks at the expense of the local market? A Credit Suisse analysis of "Down-under surprises ...

China growth as Li likes it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Another year, another disappointment. I must be really getting ancient becasue I can't recall exactly when it all started - 2010 or 2011? - but year after year after year, "experts" have been predicting a hard landing in China's economy. That "hard ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... contract was up 23 points at 5,281. Europe's leading stock markets got a boost from expectations of further European Central Bank stimulus and better investor confidence in Germany. Locally, mining giant BHP Billiton releases its December quarter production ...

MyState appoints head of broker services

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Banking and wealth management group MyState has appointed a former St George Bank mortgage broking state manager as head of broker services. Sandi Sims will be responsible for leading the mortgage broker sales and service strategy of MyState Bank and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... to $33.04, and Santos had lost 14 cents to $7.40. Among the major banks, ANZ had lifted 14 cents at $31.42, Commonwealth Bank had climbed 25 cents at $83.35, Westpac had added 12 cents at $32.75, and National Australia Bank strengthened eight cents to ...

That other surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
There's no question about it... the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) surprise move was the biggest story in the financial markets last week. So huge that it eclipsed everything else. It eclipsed the plunging oil price and the dropping copper price -- the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... sustained recovery for the eurozone isn't far off." Stock indices had rallied Friday on fresh signals that the European Central Bank will launch a bond-buying stimulus program this week, news that has weighed heavily on the euro. The chronically low ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... 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 to the whole wide world. The letters "Q" and "E". No more maybes. In the words of American author ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... In Australia, the market on Friday fell for a fifth straight day, capping its worst week in 18 months. The Swiss central bank's shock move to stop capping its currency's value against the euro added to already low investor confidence. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...