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S&P downgrades US bank ratings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... & Poor's has downgraded the ratings of major US banks, including Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, by one notch. The ratings agency said it reviewed its ratings on 37 of the world's largest banks ...

Morgan Stanley slapped with US $1 million fine

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Global financial services giant Morgan Stanley has been hit with a US $1 million fine by the US financial regulator for excessive markups and markdowns on corporate and municipal bonds. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has also ordered ...

Regulators chase social media

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... more advisers were using social media and winning new business as a result. As evidence of this trend, in May this year Morgan Stanley Smith Barney said it will allow its 18,000 advisers to use Twitter and LinkedIn with plans for Facebook to also be ...

Challenger's Stevens resigns, names successor

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... choice" for the designate role, said Polson. Prior to joining Challenger in 2003, Benari held senior executive roles with JP Morgan, Bankers Trust, Macquarie Bank and Zurich Capital Markets. "I am honoured and excited to be assuming the role and look ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... The Nasdaq composite was down 106 points, or 3.89 per cent, to 2,621.49. Materials and financial companies fell the most. Morgan Stanley fell eight per cent and coal producer Alpha Natural Resources fell eight per cent. Markets fear that a chaotic default ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Australian shares remain well over one per cent higher at noon with political progress in Italy and stronger commodity prices boosting investor sentiment. At 1220 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 59.8 points, or 1.39 per cent, at 4,353.6 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Australian stocks were firmer at noon, but the market has eased back from the half a per cent gain at the start of the local trading day as investors look towards the unfolding situation in Europe. At 1210 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, extending declines from the open amid weakness among finance and energy stocks. At 1206 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 17 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4,264.1, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... up from $US1.678 on Friday. Markets also digested major takeover news. US gas pipeline and energy storage giant Kinder Morgan on Sunday announced a deal to buy rival El Paso Corp for about $38 billion. And on Monday, Norway's Statoil announced the purchase ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... analyst Steven Daghlian said the market had followed weak leads from European and US share markets overnight. He said that JP Morgan's earnings, which were released before Wall Street opened, had helped cause financials in almost every major economy ...