Suncorp-Metway Ltd.
Suncorp can't explain share price surge
The Australian Securities Exchange has issued a "please explain" to Queensland-based banker and insurer Suncorp Metway over the sudden surge in its share price.
Mixed results for big three caught in the storm
THE combined full-year net profits of the country's three largest listed general insurers will struggle to get above $2.3 billion for 2008 in what has turned out to be the worst period for earnings growth for five years.
Stormy times at Suncorp
The storms in the weather and the markets have cost Suncorp some $800 million and job cuts loom.
08/04/08
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Suncorp bank sale unlikely: Merrill
A sale of Suncorp's bank is unlikely, despite mounting funding challenges, because the firm sees banking as its central business, Merrill Lynch says.
Bleak forecast for Suncorp
Storms in the weather and in the markets have cost Suncorp about $800 million ... and there could be worse to come.
08/04/08
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Suncorp raids kitty for payout
Suncorp will dip into its cash reserves to pay a flat final dividend, after warning that its full-year net profit will fall as much as 50 per cent.
Suncorp gets thumbs up from S&P
Suncorp lifted some of the gloom surrounding insurers, garnering support from S&P for its $8b acquisition of Promina.
07/18/08
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Stocks to watch
Stocks of interest on the Australian Stock Exchange today.
Suncorp in the dark over share price spike
The Australian Securities Exchange has issued a ''please explain'' to Queensland-based banker and insurer Suncorp Metway Ltd over the sudden surge in its share price.
Do something - blame the bear
One of my colleagues picked up the phone this week with the line, "Hello ... City Morgue." And that's what it's like in a broking firm. Booming when the market booms and grateful for an Olympic distraction when it goes bust. We are in a cyclical business. The odds rule.
Banks fight over Bill Express
Australia's biggest banks are fighting over the remains of the failed Bill Express empire.
Westpac's issue of convertible shares...
Westpac's $600 million convertible preference share issue is the third from a major financial group in a month-and-a-half but it won't be the last.
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QBE's big hit on IAG
Michael Hawker, the former Wallaby and chief executive of IAG has been crash-tackled by QBE's Frank O'Halloran with a generous takeover bid.
BankWest quiet on sale rumours
BankWest refuses to deny speculation that its British parent is considering selling it.
Never rains but it pours if you're an...
The forecast is worrying for insurance executives as stormy weather returns.
Mirvac stops redemptions on three mortgage funds
Mirvac Group, an Australian real estate investment trust, stopped redemptions for three mortgage funds holding more than $243 million, as investors seek to pull out of property assets amid the global credit crisis.
CPI to keep RBA on sidelines: economists
A reluctance by businesses to pass on all of their higher production costs has eased fears inflation figures will force an interest rate rise, economists say.
Kill the competition: Tax revolt ......
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St George in Wonderland
We are invited to believe that the credit crisis is pure chimera and St George is racking up earnings growth of 25% in the second half.
Banks lead way as shares climb
The Australian sharemarket closed higher yesterday as Westpac's proposed takeover of St George enlivened the banking and financial services sector.
Between a rock and a write-down
Michael Evans scales dizzy heights in his search for adventure.
Lay-offs add to the fear
Starbucks lay offs may not distress too many coffee drinkers but it's ominous news for the economy.
08/03/08
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Field placings for the rebound
Wall Street started to show a bit of life last week; the first in a while, and for a moment there the financials bounced and all those stocks that have been hammered by a higher...
St George top-up leads mortgage...
ST GEORGE Bank yesterday added to the pressures on household budgets already strained by rising fuel prices and high home-loan costs with another "top-up" monthly mortgage...