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Lazard chief executive steps down

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018

... numerous roles in financial services for about 30 years, having entered the industry as a market surveillance analyst at NASDAQ in 1987. He was also director, head of international equities at State Super Financial Services (now StatePlus) and head of ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018

... had tumbled, sold off and crushed overnight. The final tally showed the S&P 500 index down 1.1%; the Dow down 1.5%, the Nasdaq 0.9% and the Russell 2000 1%. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker all blamed the bond market as the yield on 10-year ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018

... 2.9% print. Certainly, this should put some doubt on Wall Street at the very least. Instead, the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq went on their merry record breaking ways. For sure it should, if Wall Street was investing for the December 2017 quarter ...

SuperConcepts ramps up digital transformation

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018

... (SMSF) software and services provider announced it consolidated many of its applications to one platform with the help of NASDAQ-listed business application developer Progress. Chief technical officer Kurt Groeneveld said the partnership has enabled ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018

... It's all right." -- The Beatles Wall Street again went on a record breaking run last week with the S&P 500, the DJIA, the Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000 all finishing at all-time highs... and for good reasons. Growth is going and inflation is ...

Getting better and betterer

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018

... all over the financial headlines one day after another. Less focused on was the fact that the S&P 500, the DJIA and the Nasdaq all recorded only one down month for the entire year - a record in itself - and these, despite geopolitical concerns, the threat ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018

... first week of 2018 tally shows all four major Wall Street equity indices - S&P 500 (+2.6%), Dow Jones Industrials (+2.3%), Nasdaq Composite (+3.4%), Russell 2000 (+1.6%) -- surged to new record highs; so has the FTSE-100 index (+0.47%); the All Ordinaries ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017

... one year to 2019." All major US equity indices closed lower that fateful day - the S&P 500 index fell by 9.8 points; the Nasdaq by 39.1 points; the Russell 2000 by 16.7 points - but these aren't headline material unlike the three-figure 101.4-point "slump" ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017

... to fresh all-time highs. The Russell 2000 index is now up 24.6% since Trump's win, eclipsing similar period gains in the Nasdaq (24.3%); the DJIA (22.1%) and the S&P 500 (17.3%). No one could fault the equity markets for giving this tax plan the benefit ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017

... of boom, the US equity markets are having one of its own with all major equity indices - S&P 500; Dow Jones Industrials; Nasdaq composite; Russell 2000 - at or near record highs, indicating confidence in the US economic outlook. This provides a sort ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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