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GreySpark consultancy opens in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... transformed by sweeping new regulatory reforms, with the introduction of the Dodd Frank Act in the United States and the European Union's European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). GreySpark said it is hoping to bring the expertise it has gained ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... significant market swings ahead of the Labor Department report on January job growth and unemployment on Friday. LONDON - European equities failed to get a boost from solid economic data out of the eurozone after lacklustre US jobs data. London's benchmark ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
ARC Ratings SA, a debt market ratings service formed during the GFC to focus mainly on midsize European companies and emerging markets, is proposing a new approach to its bond risk categorisations. ARC Ratings, formed in 2008, is a joint venture ratings ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... international markets. At 0904 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,053. European markets were mixed but US stocks moved higher after Microsoft made a long-awaited announcement on a new chief executive ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... flight out of emerging markets. That's ok if the problem is contained within the emerging market world. But like the European sovereign debt crisis of yesteryears, it is not! The Australian Financial Review (AFR) says that, "European banks have loaned ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... managers index sank to 51.3 from 56.5 in December, not far above the 50 level between expansion and contraction. LONDON - European stocks have tumbled as lacklustre reports on Chinese and US manufacturing activity outweighed the eurozone hitting a 32-month ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... "The economy is probably okay," Conroy said. "I think the emerging markets are probably weaker than expected." LONDON - European stock markets fell as solid economic growth in the US was offset by downbeat company earnings and emerging market concerns. ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... year: Singapore's 'Grand Master' Tan Khoon Yong: "This is a disaster year... a lot of things will not go smoothly...The European Union may split, the euro may be in trouble... the bloc would be threatened by division in May." Hong Kong astrologer Chow ...

China unlikely to achieve 10% growth again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... Probyn summed up the idea by saying that "the Chinese and the Japanese economy are going to be more of the same, but the European and the US economies will pick up." Australian contributing economics editor Judith Sloan also spoke at the Financial Standard ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... whether indeed it's beginning to tell us that our GDP growth and earnings projections are too high," Stovall said. LONDON - European stocks slid further on expectations of further stimulus withdrawal by the Federal Reserve adding to emerging market strains ...