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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... mortgage-backed securities prior to 2008. Aluminum giant Alcoa dropped 11.4 per cent, while Caterpillar fell 9.2 per cent. LONDON - Global stocks took another pounding as worries over the downgrade of US debt outweighed relief at the European Central ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... Italian government bonds, which have been pummelled in recent days as investors fret about the solvency of the two countries. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets extended their losses on Friday, with both the London and Frankfurt dropping more than ...

JBWere wealth head resigns

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... of NAB's wealth management business, MLC. Prior to joining JBWere, Gale held roles in KPMG in Perth and Credit Suisse in London before joining JBWere and taking on a managing director role in 2004. JBWere is a financial services organisation that provides ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... 1200.07. In Europe, the Euro Stoxx 50 index fell 85.5 points or 3.4% to end at 2412.29, its lowest point since 2009. In London the FTSE 100 lost 191.37 points or 3.43% to close at 5393.14 while in Germany the DAX finished down 225.83 points or 3.4% at ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Yeouch! You can hear this cry from New York to Rio and old London town as financial markets received a battering. Somebody must have forgotten to tell the markets it's only August and not October. Equity markets, commodity markets and bond yields (bond ...

Mercer chief scores plum promotion

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... Mercer has promoted its global chief operating officer to the plum role of global head of wealth management consulting. London-based Cara Williams previously spent six years as global chief operating officer of Mercer's investment consulting business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... seen as an economic bellwether, gained 2.0 per cent for the day, while pharmaceuticals giant Merck was down 2.2 per cent. LONDON - Financial markets went into sharp reverse as doubts grew over a last-minute US debt deal and weak manufacturing data stoked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... while the 30-year bond dropped to 4.13 per cent from 4.26 per cent. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. LONDON - European stocks markets slid as the US debt crisis deepened amid surprisingly poor growth data out of Washington. The euro ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... while the 30-year bond dropped to 4.26 per cent from 4.28 per cent. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. LONDON - European stocks markets were mixed, weighed down by debt strains in the United States, but reassured by earnings news while ...

Mercer expands with global chief investment role

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... the coming months to fill the vacancies resulting from these promotions. Clarke himself will report directly to Mercer's London-based global chief investment officer, Andrew Kirton. Clarke said he expects Mercer will continue pursuing a global scope ...