The long-term fundamentals look good for IAG, provided it could sell off its UK businesses and focus on their core Australian assets, says Savanth Sebastian, equities economist at Commonwealth Securities. He speaks to CNBC's Jeffrey James & Sri Jagarajah.

According to a report from East and Partners, 60% of St George's business customers will shift banks if the deal with Westpac goes through in the next 12 months. Paul Dowling, principal analyst at East and Partners reveals why, with CNBC's Jeffrey James & Sri Jegarajah.

The dollar rose overnight on Fed chief Ben Bernanke's comments that the central bank may extend its emergency-lending program for big Wall Street banks. Win Thin, senior currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman tells CNBC's Jeffrey James & Sri Jegarajah where the dollar is headed next.

BG Group will released its bidder's statement for Origin Energy Wednesday. David Spiccia, institutional dealer from Foster Stockbroking previews the upcoming statement and other top Aussie stories, with CNBC's Jeffrey James & Sri Jegarajah.

Investors need to take long-term view at this point of the cycle that the Aussie markets are in, advises Rob Taubman, executive director at UBS. He tells CNBC's Jeffrey James how he is investing in such times.

Do not expect the dollar to rally substantially in the next month or so, says Jim Vrondas, senior FX dealer from Oz Forex. But he tells CNBC's Jeffrey James & Sri Jegarajah the dollar will remain well supported against the yen at 105 yen.