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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... the 12 per cent of Australian clothing chain Country Road it does not own. The move would involve buying businessman Solomon Lew's stake at a premium so he would clear the way for Woolworths to then buy retailer David Jones. David Jones were 16.5 cents ...

Perennial chief executive steps down

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The chief executive of IOOF-owned fund manager Perennial Investment Partners has stood down after more than a decade with the firm. Lewis Bearman joined Perennial in 2003 and replaced Anthony Patterson as chief executive in May 2012. He is reportedly ...

Flash Boys is 'complete nonsense': CMCRC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
A recent high-profile book criticising high frequency trading (HFT) has been branded 'nonsense' by the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) with the group urging regulators not to respond to the scaremongering. The research body has released ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
In big picture terms, not much happened last week. Yes Virginia, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept policy unchanged - as expected. The European Central Bank (ECB) guided forward but also stayed on the sidelines. US non-farm payrolls added another ...

FBI launches probe into high speed traders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and securities regulators have opened up an examination into whether high frequency trading (HFT) firms are involved in insider trading. According to reports, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... as a "currency manipulator" as it did several times in the past, Bloomberg reports that, "U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew... praised China's announcement to widen the daily trading band... in an e-mailed statement yesterday". China's winning the ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... needless drag on our economy." The bill being approved by Congress has been welcomed by investors. US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was reported last week saying that if the debt ceiling wasn't raised from 27 February the US was likely to be in technical ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... compounded already deep fears about emerging markets. Traders were also spooked by a warning from Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, who warned that the US borrowing limit will be reached on Friday, renewing fears of a Washington stand-off and possible default. ...

Super funds 'fair game' for activist scrutiny

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Super funds must prepare for a high level of activist scrutiny of their investments as a result of the increasing of portfolio disclosure requirements, according to Peter Lewis, director of Essential Media Communications (EMC). Under current plans ...

Washington watching Wall Street watch Washington

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013