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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... 41 cents to $17.29 and Cochlear was 98 cents weaker at $70.015. The major banks were also weaker, with National Australia Bank down 19 cents at $34.86, ANZ down nine cents at $33.43, Commonwealth Bank down 13 cents at $81.44 and Westpac was one cent ...

New players need support to enter financial services: Coles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Large banks' commercial competitive advantage over smaller organisations is a barrier to the entrance of new players in the financial services industry, Coles has said The retailer expressed support for a proposal laid out in the Financial System Inquiry ...

NAB launches online direct insurance product

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) has launched a life insurance product that consumers can apply for online. The NAB Essential Life protection can be applied for through a few simple steps and provides immediate cover to consumers. NAB retail wealth product ...

Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... September 2009) -- threatening to turn into outright deflation, financial markets are just as happy that the European Central Bank (ECB) is doing something, anything, to counteract/reverse this state of affairs. Yes Virginia, it wasn't the ECB doing ...

Who will buy NAB Asset Servicing?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
In July, National Australia Bank announced to the ASX that it was "undertaking discussions with a number of Global Custody providers" over the future of its custody business, NAB Asset Servicing (NAS). While NAB described it as a "strategic partnering" ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... the market were lower at noon, and trading volumes were down. Investors are waiting for a meeting of the European Central Bank on Thursday night, which some believe could result in new stimulus measures for the eurozone economy. In the US, unemployment ...

Big four fail in cross-selling retail super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... NAB Group clients' superannuation balance, but the figure increases to 6.8% in the case of ANZ customers. ANZ is the only bank with more customers allocating their superannuation in one of the other big four. Only 10.4$ of ANZ clients have their super ...

Advertising won't grow membership, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Spending big on advertising may build brand awareness, but it has no effect on membership growth, according to research by CoreData. In a comprehensive study of how consumers view super funds, CoreData found that focusing on fees and services is a surer ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... Fortescue Metals was five cents weaker at $4.05. The big four banks were among the strongest performers, with National Australia Bank up 29 cents at $35.38, ANZ up 13 cents at $33.74, Commonwealth Bank up 28 cents at $81.78 and Westpac 10 cents higher ...

Coffey to raise $40 million via bond market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... another positive development for the expanding Australian bond market for midsized corporates," Paton said. The number of non-bank corporate bond issues in Australia is on the rise and new reforms are expected to broaden the market to include more retail ...