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SFG to look at WHK acquisition after reporting season

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... business transformation. The company also revealed that it has appointed a number of financial advisers including Bank of America Merrill Lycnh (BAML) "to consider and review a range of potential opportunities in the rapidly changing financial services ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... uncertainty has raised volatility in the US bond market. According to Bloomberg, "Treasury volatility as measured by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch MOVE index rose to 75.51 yesterday, the most since Aug. 16, four weeks before the Fed's Sept. 13 announcement...The ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... all. Recession talks are beginning to be the thing du jour. Last month, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia chief economist Saul Eslake warning, "we could be in recession within two years once investment in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 14.34 (0.42 per cent) to 3,392.97. NEW YORK - US closed mixed, with Bank of America advancing strongly on news of a key mortgage securities settlement. The broad-based S&P 500 edged to a new all-time closing ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... Fed index fell. Need I say more? Oh yes, the headlines also impressed on us all that United Health, Ebay, IBM, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley's disappointed earnings/profit expectations. Friday: S&P 500 up 0.9%. No major eco stat or survey out. Just ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... brethrens are on the sell side. It was disappointing US corporate profits and/or revenue by United Health, Ebay, IBM, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley. No one wants to hear about the profit/revenue beats of Verizon, PepsiCo, Union Pacific, Peabody ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... Index dived 59.96 points (1.84 per cent) to 3,204.67. The losses came after a disappointing earnings report from Bank of America sent it and other banking shares lower. Apple also fell considerably after a supplier slashed its profit guidance, suggesting ...

Australia is world leader in treasury: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... of the Asia Pacific region, according to the preliminary results of a survey by technology provider Sungard and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The full research will be released at the end of this month, but Sungard vice president Mike Fullmer revealed ...

Non-mining sectors must pick up the growth mantle

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... single biggest issue of 2013. Speaking this morning at Financial Standard's annual Chief Economist Forum in Sydney, Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Australia chief economist Saul Eslake said that how Australia negotiates this "batting change" from mining ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... day at 4,780.2 points on May 11, 2011. NEW YORK - US stocks opened higher but bank shares were lower following Bank of America's quarterly earnings report, which came in close to expectations. Five minutes into trade on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial ...