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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... or 61.28 points, to 13,487.88, with profit-takers moving in to reap the benefits of a rally of about 10 per cent since the Bank of Japan's huge stimulus plan last week. Seoul lost 1.31 per cent, or 25.57 points, to end at 1,924.23 amid simmering tensions ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... profit warning, citing challenging market conditions. Among the major banks, ANZ was 17 cents higher at $28.86, Commonwealth Bank rose 38 cents to $68.43, National Australia Bank climbed 10 cents to $31.70, and Westpac dipped three cents to $31.50.

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... July 2000, the one that came in more than seven times market expectations, the one that convinced not a few that the Reserve Bank of Australia would raise interest rate by Christmas 2013, instead of lowering them - that "beautiful set of numbers" had ...

Interest rate to fall to 2.5%: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Reserve Bank will slash the base rate by 50 basis points in two cuts before the end of 2013 the National Australia Bank (NAB) has predicted. NAB group chief economist Alan Oster told the NAB annual private wealth conference in Sydney today that ...

Bissaker sets sights on Big Four market share

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
New head of Virgin Money Australia (VMA) Brian Bissaker said the tie-up with Bank of Queensland (BOQ) would lay the ground for an assault on the Big Four bank's market share. Bissaker told Financial Standard there would be significant additional investment ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... surged $1.79 to $58.52. Among the major banks, Westpac dipped 25 cents to $31.05, ANZ fell 26 cents to $28.22, Commonwealth Bank retreated 58 cents to $67.38, and National Australia Bank sagged 25 cents to $31.16. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones ...

EQT creates private wealth management role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... and has worked in distribution and marketing roles at several organisations such as Tower Australia, Suncorp, Commonwealth Bank and Colonial Limited. Most recently, she ran 4Quadrant, a business consulting and change management company for the financial ...

ANZ appoints regional private banking head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... ANZ managing director wealth Asia Bret Packard said. "This is another step towards our goal of being a world class Private Bank and one of Arjan's key responsibilities will be to forge strong connections with colleagues and clients across our business ...

Bissaker to head up Virgin Money

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... chief executive Brian Bissaker has been appointed head of Virgin Money Australia (VMA), after it was announced today that Bank of Queensland (BOQ) was to acquire the financial services arm of the Virgin Group. BOQ announced that it would purchase VMA ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... make any sense, does it? That's why the dip buyers have made a meal of it. And they're the ones laughing all the way to the bank by the looks of it. They're the ones not missing the forest for the trees. More especially now that the Bank of Japan is ...