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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... high price above $US1,921 an ounce on the London Bullion Market. It finished the day flat at $US1,895. The Swiss National Bank meanwhile set a minimum exchange rate of 1.20 francs per euro, saying the current value of the safe haven Swiss currency was ...

NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... Friday as the rating's agency followed through on an earlier downgrade of their Australian parent institutions. ANZ National Bank, ASB Bank (subsidiary of Australia's Commonwealth Bank), Bank of New Zealand (subsidiary of National Australia Bank) and ...

Bank planners more trusted than family: survey

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... say they rely on themselves to manage their finances, 40.4 per cent say they "completely or greatly trust their national bank". This is above the 35.4 per cent who say they trust their friends and family when it comes to finances. "It does show that ...

A "race to the bottom" in currencies

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... Yesterday, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand issued a surprisingly dovish policy statement while overnight the Swiss National Bank, heretofore the only "G10" monetary authority to have intervened in currency markets since the advent of the GFC, made a ...

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... Bank, Las Vegas, NV, Community Security Bank, New Prague, MN, Thunder Bank, Sylvan Grove, KS, Williamsburg First National Bank, Kingstree, SC, Crescent Bank and Trust Company, Jasper, GA and Sterling Bank, Lantana, FL. According to an article from Bloomberg ...

Frozen fund investors get $36m settlement

COMMERCE COMMISSION RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... compliance rules. In its largest monetary settlement to date, NZ regulator, the Commerce Commission, negotiated with ANZ National Bank and ING NZ to create the fund after the regulator found the funds' marketing material violated the Fair Trading Act. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... market ignored weakness in other markets to rise on Thursday as positive earnings statements flowed and the latest National Bank Business Outlook survey showed confidence at a decade high. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 20.8 points, or 0.66 per ...

T. Rowe Price buys $19.7 bn Indian manager

COMPANY RELEAE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... per cent stake from each of the original stockholders. These stockholders included the State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and the Life Insurance Corporation of India. Each of these companies retain an 18.5 per cent stake in UTI ...

T. Rowe Price expands India footprint

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... Fund's sponsors are four of the largest financial institutions in the country namely The State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Life Insurance Corporation of India. "This provides T. Rowe Price with an opportunity to participate ...

Up, down and sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... currencies correctly. Oh wait, back in the days I read about this 'expert, currency trader who works for a large US multi-national bank who always get it right. His prediction - and it still could be applied today - 'I think the A$ will go up if not ...