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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... freeze wages, retire old planes, and slash capital spending and some routes to cut costs. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank had gained 11 cents to $75.31, Westpac was up 18 cents to $33.72, ANZ was four cents higher at $32.19, but National Australia ...

RBS posts soaring losses, pays $1m bonuses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland's losses soared to almost STG9 billion ($A16.82 billion) last year, the state-rescued lender has announced, while its decision to pay millions in bonuses has triggered a political backlash. Net losses announced on Thursday widened ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... the slowdown proves to be a temporary blip caused by severe winter weather. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release financial aggregates data for January. In equities news, Virgin Australia, Woolworths, Harvey ...

Bennelong WP creates CIO position

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... Bennelong Wealth Partners chief executive Fiona Rowland. Nassios was previously the chief investment officer for Deutsche Bank AG where he was responsible for investment solutions for high net worth families and individuals. This included having responsibility ...

ISA spends $9 million on ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has confirmed that it spent around $9 million on advertising in 2013, despite some media reporting a much higher figure. ISA, which represents 15 super funds including AustralianSuper, Cbus, Hesta and HOSTPLUS, confirmed ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Investors focusing their Asia interest on just China and India are missing a strategic opportunity to get involved with South East Asia (SEA), a region that is just as big and growing at a similar rate. SEA comprises 14 countries located between Australia ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... speculators might be thinking just that - shorting the Chinese yuan versus the greenback - from here on after the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) allowed the country's legal tender to fall by nearly 0.5% in a single day - seems small but it was the biggest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... decline. Investors were also spooked over a possibly cooling Chinese property market and lending curbs as China's central bank effectively drew cash out of the system as it continues to fret over possible bad debts among lenders. In local economic news ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... Fortescue Metals was one cent lower at $5.98. However, the big banks were all up. ANZ was 11 cents higher at $32.11, Commonwealth Bank was 28 cents better at $75.64, Westpac had gained 13 cents to $33.70 and NAB had lifted 16 cents to $34.59. Qantas ...

'Leaner' HSBC hikes profits, bonuses

BEN PERRY, AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
London-headquartered HSBC has controversially unveiled measures to avoid new EU rules on bank bonuses, drawing the wrath of union bosses. This comes after Europe's biggest bank managed a 15.5% A jump in annual net profits and warned about emerging markets ...