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Bravura promotes exec to CIO role

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... services solution has been available for a number of years, supporting over 120 management companies across the UK and Europe. The firm said it has seen an increase in organisations looking to mitigate project risk and reduce capital investment.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... reportedly considering air strikes in response to what the White House called a possible "humanitarian catastrophe". LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell, weighed down by concerns of escalating tensions between the West and Russia, after the ECB ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... tensions over Ukraine and a sharp increase in violence in Iraq that prompted the first US air strikes since 2011. LONDON - Europe's major stock markets fell as investors fled for havens amid US air strikes in Iraq and fierce fighting on Ukraine's eastern ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... percent of GDP in 2001, about half the level of 1985." (though it started climbing again after September 11, 2001). In Europe, http://www.notre-europe.eu/ noted that, "...whilst on average western European countries spent 3.1% of their Gross Domestic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... cent, still near its lowest level since October 2008 and well down from the 7.9 per cent at the start of 2013. LONDON - Europe's stock markets tumbled for a second day. Frankfurt's main DAX index dived 2.10 per cent to end Friday at 9,210.08 points. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened flat following soft leads on Wall Street. The Dow Jones finished 0.08 per cent higher at 16,443.34 overnight after Russia imposed fresh sanctions against the West and Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox withdrew an ...

Australia at heart of new Asia-centric world order

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... said Mahbubani. "If you want to meet a generation of young people who believe that tomorrow belongs to them, don't go to Europe. Even in the US they have doubts. If you want to meet the most confident and optimistic young people in the world, go to Asia," ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... billion ($A86.56 billion) to acquire Time Warner. Time Warner sank 12.0 per cent, while Fox rose 3.3 per cent. LONDON - Europe's stock markets have fallen, hit by concerns that recent rises may have been sharper than warranted against a backdrop of conflict ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... scheme but operators of UCITS believe their system will still have an important role. There is no political opposition from Europe. "All schemes are going to happen. Those planning future in the APAC region need to look at them and work out which one ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... Radoslaw Sikorski telling on him, we are reminded that Putin's still alive and now preparing to give Ukraine, the US and Europe another kick their collective behinds. Sikorski told TVN24 BiS TV that "Russia has restored its combat readiness on the Ukraine ...