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ANZ bids 20 times earnings for E*TRADE

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... our banking products." E*Trade chairman Kerry Roxburgh said the company was at a "flex point", where it was looking at a major investment in systems. Roxburgh said the board had been looking at privatisation options. E*Trade is number two in the online ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
... Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 48 points to 5972, on a volume of 6,178 contracts. Among the major banks, NAB was 38 cents higher at $40.92, and Westpac was 29 cents richer at $25.64. The ANZ climbed 40 cents to $29.65 after ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... overnight. "The market has stepped back mildly and decided to take some profit," Mr Oxlade said. Despite the weakness in the major miners, others in the sector such as Zinifex, Jubilee Mines and Oxiana were all trading strongly. By 1212 BHP Billiton ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... education unit. The FTSE was 12.1 points higher at 6,433.3 points, its highest close since November 2000, outperforming other major European markets. FRANKFURT - The DAX index was was at 6958.62 points, down 2.56. PARIS - The CAC-40 index was at 5720.88 ...

Smith to depart ASFA

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
... build on ASFA's links with its membership," said Vilgan. "Under Philippa's direction, ASFA raised community awareness of the major issues, and lobbied successfully to gain improvements to the adequacy of retirement savings." Smith was also the guiding ...

Bendigo banks on advice

... financial services company with a successful franchise program primarily in Victoria and Queensland. Now it's taking on the four major banks in the wealth management category by proposing a new business model where bank tellers will have the same qualifications ...

FTSE launches climate change criteria into SRI indices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... Responsibility (CSR). FTSE said the introduction of FTSE4Good climate change criteria keeps the index series aligned with one of the major concerns facing business and investors today while also being a milestone in the evolution of their SRI indices. ...

Regulators discuss streamlining some supervision operations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... burden and evaluating how any overlaps, inconsistencies or duplication might be reduced," they said in a joint statement. A major focus of the negotiations are duplications in licensing. "Almost all APRA-regulated authorised deposit-taking institutions ...

CommBank loses strategy chief

... year to complete the bank's annual strategic planning cycle. His departure comes less than a year after Commonwealth Bank's major management re-shuffle. In March 2006, senior executive Michael Cameron moved from finance and risk management into retail ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
... corporate front, West Australian Newspapers releases its first half profit statement and Tiger Airways is expected to make a major announcement. Australian stocks were mixed yesterday, led downwards by the dominant banking and resources sectors. At the ...