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All Tech Index launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... small caps and have grown into billion dollar companies," he said. "International firms, such as those from the United States, New Zealand and Europe, also see the opportunity to list and grow on the ASX market. A number are included in this new index." ...

Morgan Stanley acquires E*TRADE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
Morgan Stanley has acquired E*TRADE in the United States in a $20 billion (US$13 billion) deal. E*TRADE stockholders will receive 1.0432 Morgan Stanley shares for each equivalent share, which is about US$58 per share. Morgan Stanley said the deal will ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... "CalPERS chief investment officer Ben Meng, Ph.D. is a globally-respected financial expert and a proud citizen of the United States. His commitment to California's public servants is extraordinary and his integrity above reproach. "Dr. Meng has CalPERS' ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... he said. "Australia's economic and corporate earnings outlook appears relatively weak compared to that of the United States. And having the S&P/ASX 200 at 7,000 points implies the market is trading at a relatively high 18.3 times forward earnings ...

Regulation costly, time consuming: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... maintaining bilateral agreements with most other major financial centres. "Although Australia is a smaller market than the United States, the sophistication, size, and structure of our financial services sector could provide similar advantages and make ...

China's growth to slow: PIMCO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
PIMCO is forecasting a slowdown in China's GDP growth in 2020 as tensions between the Asian nation and the United States continue into the New Year. The company's global economic advisor, Joachim Fels, and chief investment officer global fixed income ...

Rising tensions to weigh on markets: Moody's

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
While tensions between the United States and Iran are not a new development the significant escalation following a US drone strike in Iraq, which killed Iranian Major General Qassem Suleimani, has caused concerns over the effect on global markets. Moody's ...

Chief economist update: Oil's well that ends 2019 well

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... account of lower output from participants in the OPEC+ deal and a weaker growth outlook for Brazil, Ghana and the United States. Even so, with our demand outlook unchanged, there could still be a surplus of 0.7 mb/d in the market in 1Q20." The IEA left ...

Planners can prevent financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... regulators around the world are waking up to the issue of financial abuse of the vulnerable, with new legislation in the United States and the Australian Banking Association calling for a national protective strategy. "The focus should be on client safety ...

New advice groups detrimental to consumers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... super would have to become more straightforward to emulate the success stories of Betterment and Wealth Front in the United States. Bloch said digital advice in the US took off after startups tapped into a "middle market" of people who distrusted financial ...