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Showing 201 - 210 of 2014 results for "Financial Markets"

ASX names new managing director

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... international sales. She will take over as chief executive and managing director in August. Lofthouse is an accomplished financial markets executive with more than 20 years' experience in cash equity and debt markets, listed and OTC derivatives, and ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... demonstrated resiliency. It was determined increased uncertainties and ongoing volatility had reduced risk appetites in financial markets which in turn eased price pressures. The Committee's previous communications were also perceived to be helpful in ...

Superhero board signs former ASIC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission. He has over 20 years of experience in leadership roles across financial markets, regulation, law, and academia - both internationally and in Australia, including long service at Goldman Sachs.

TCorp appoints financial markets lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
TCorp has added to its executive leadership team with the appointment of a general manager, financial markets. Rob Kenna takes on the role, promoted from head of funding and balance sheet. In the general manager position, Kenna will oversee the financial ...

ASX24 outage sparks concern

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... "Well-functioning financial market infrastructure is critical to the integrity and reputation of the Australian financial markets and the trust and confidence investors have in them." The outage comes after an incident on 16 November 2020, when the ASX ...

ASIC to strengthen market integrity rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... changes to its market integrity rules in a bid to evade further technological glitches. As of 10 March 2023, financial markets and participants can broadly expect changes to technological and operational rules across information security, governance ...

Chief economist: Is this a buy op?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... appreciation (on safe-haven buying) - could force the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) by much more than expected. Financial markets expect the RBA to lift the official cash rate by as much as 100 basis points this year, starting as early as May. Australia ...

Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... prices depress consumer spending and by extension, business revenues - the very same policies that have sent financial markets to expect higher and higher sales and profits. At the end of the day, while some companies will be affected by Russia's ...

Iress restructures investment management, advice roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... with the firm for over 14 years, working across its broader wealth management functions. Managing director for financial markets in Australia and New Zealand Kirsty Gross has also exited. She has been with Iress since 1997, starting out as a senior account ...

Big tech, interest rates dominate reporting season

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... apparent, Hughes said, leading to distorted supply and demand dynamics pushing up prices and causing confusion in financial markets. "In the US, many companies beat expectations this reporting season, largely because expectations have been depressed ...