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The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... this shouldn't include economic sanctions... not with its economy largely dependent on Russian gas and oil... not with Europe's recovery still tentative. Germany blinked, so did Italy with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi declaring that sanctions should be ...

AllianceBernstein appoints MD of insto relationships

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... a consultant in Australia early in my career and taken some of the pioneering work we did in this country to the UK and Europe, I now look forward to bringing back some of the insights I gleaned from the northern hemisphere."

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has graded Australia's capital regulation framework as 'Compliant' with the Basel III standards. Australia's is the eighth regulatory framework to be graded by the Basel Committee. Others include the United ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... and therefore, buys on Wall Street. Certainly, markets are happy that the tension hasn't escalated beyond what the US and Europe calls "sanctions" and Russian President Putin's seeming backdown when he told Parliament that his adventure stops with Crimea. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... markets overnight. New York's Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed more than one per cent overnight, while markets across Europe were also higher as investor concerns eased over developments in Crimea. Morgans senior private client adviser Bill Chatterton ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Sanctions? You call that sanctions? Putin must be LOL-in' after hearing the news that Europe has imposed "sanctions" by freezing the assets of 21 Russian and Crimean officials and imposing travel bans on them. The US imposed the same "sanctions" on ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the lead of international bourses with investors shrugging off concerns over Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. At 0645 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... referendum showed that 93% of voters voted to secede from Ukraine and return to Russia with love. Ukraine's new government, Europe and the United States were up in arms (errr, so to speak), decrying the referendum as illegal. Washington issued a statement ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street as tensions between the US and Europe and Russia continued with Crimea expected to vote to break from Ukraine. At 0810 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract ...

AXA IM to expand outside of Europe

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
AXA Investment Managers is seeking to expand its presence outside of Europe, with plans to strengthen its footprint in Asia, including Australia and Japan, and the Americas. AXA IM former head of consultant relations Tim Gardener will head up a new ...