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Future Fund board members reappointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... 30 years. She is a former banker and lawyer, working at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Linklaters & Paines in London, New York and Australia. She is currently a director of Scentre Group, Myer Family Investments, the Australia-China Council and the General ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... nearly 137,000. US industrial output fell to levels not seen in 70 years in March, while retail sales fell by 8.7%. The New York Federal Reserve's Empire State Index plummeted 57 points to -78.2 in April, its lowest level on record, and the NAHB ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.33%. The volatility index is now trading up 3.23% at 46.7 points. The falls come despite New York recording its third day straight of coronavirus cases below-peak levels. Even with these decreases, the Governor of New York ...

Boutique hires star analyst from Citi

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... best positioned when the market recovers." Ausbil manages global and Australian equities, and is owned by employees and New York Life Insurance Company. The firm managed $12 billion as at February end.

A coronavirus-bitten cat bounce?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... deaths and infections from the coronavirus had been slowing have heartened equity market investors everywhere - from New York to Rio and ol' London town - underscored by the surge on Wall Street overnight. All major US benchmark equity indices rocketed ...

Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... for families. It comes as the number of cases in the US soars to 66,132, with over 940 people dying from the virus. In New York alone, 30,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. Anticipation of the stimulus bill, as well as positive sentiment ...

US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
A US senator who is married to the chair of the New York Stock Exchange is being accused of insider trading, having offloaded millions in stocks following private briefings on the likely impact of COVID-19 in late January. She is one of several senators ...

NYSE closes trading floor

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has made all trading electronic, temporarily closing its symbolic trading floor. NYSE president Stacey Cunningham announced the move after two people tested positive for COVID-19, but said the closure will only be ...

Former Toys "R" Us executives face fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... their fiduciary duties in a "selfish gamble" that cost Toys "R" Us more than US$500 million. The case was filed with the New York Supreme Court against defendants David A. Brandon, Joshua Bekenstein, Matthew S. Levin, Paul E. Raether, Nathaniel H. Taylor ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... locally. At the time of writing, the S&P/ASX 200 regained some of these losses, trading down 0.61%. Overnight in the US, the New York Stock Exchange triggered a temporary trading halt after stocks plunged 7% at the open. It was the first time a temporary ...