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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is set for further falls after another negative session on Wall Street, caused by escalating violence in Iraq that pushed US oil prices to nine month highs. At 0700 AEST on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
"...somewhere in my youth, or childhood, I must have done something good." In his alone times, it wouldn't be surprising to catch imported Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney humming this tune from "The Sound of Music" to himself (perhaps at ...

UBS adviser banned from financial services industry

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
Former UBS financial adviser was banned from the financial services industry for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. Sebastian Konjevic was a client adviser of UBS AG holding an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence from September 2005 ...

CBA brings in foreign expertise for board

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
A top Asian banker and the Australian businessman behind the construction of London's 2012 Olympic venues are joining Commonwealth Bank's board. Shirish Apte, a former chief executive of Citi Asia Pacific, will join as a non-executive director on June ...

Henderson appoints head of retail sales

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
Henderson Global Investors has appointed Jordan Tang as head of retail distribution for its Australian business. Tang will be responsible for the distribution of investment capabilities across the company's retail channels and will report to Henderson ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Who went away in May? The month when we're supposed to sell and go away is over but it appears that it's the sellers that went away instead. Yes, Virginia, May's closing stats show that most major equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
Yeah baby, let's! Seen the CBOE VIX index lately? Yes, that one - the one financial markets look at the gauge the level of investors' fear. It was pegged at 11.36 at the close of last week's activity - the lowest since the ides (15th) of March 2013. ...

La Trobe registers for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
Credit specialist fund manager La Trobe Financial has formally registered in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (Shanghai FTZ ) as part of an effort to participate in China's proposed financial market deregulation. "Asia's development and population base ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
With growth like this what's a central banker to do? It might have been too easy for the Fed to justify its steady taper as she goes despite the National Accounts showing that real GDP growth slowed to a snail dragging a very heavy object pace - 0.1% ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
"Movin' on up Nothing can stop me Moving on up" - M People The Philippines has not made international headlines since Super Typhoon Haiyan wrought severe destruction in the country on 8 November 2013. To this day, rebuilding of infrastructures, homes ...