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Perpetual announces new executive hire

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020

Perpetual has announced who will fill a newly created chief operating officer role, hiring from a global asset manager. Amanda Gazal is set to take up the position in April this year, joining the Perpetual team from her role as DWS Group chief operating ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014

... tits-for-tats, the "humanitarian" trucks toing and froing through the Ukrainian border and the number of missiles fired from and into Gaza, financial markets are back into watching the economic backdrop. And they like what they see. To be sure, Putin ...

Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014

... Hawkins attractive. And then there were three. Geo-political risks remain. People are still killing people in the Ukraine, in Gaza, in Libya, in Syria and in Iraq. This is a wild card for the markets, it also reminds me of Bob Dylan's classic, "... how ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014

... geo-political risk has never left since early March when Russia annexed Crimea or Syria before that (and now we have Iraq (again), Gaza (again) and Libya (again)), the headlines just chose to ignore them when body counts do not go beyond their normal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP | TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014

... contract was down four points at 5,496. Geopolitical concerns, with the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and attacks on Gaza, have dampened investor sentiment. In local economic news on Tuesday, Reserve Banks of Australia governor Glenn Stevens ...

Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014

... the 17th - the day civilian aircraft Malaysian MH17 was shot down over Ukraine and Israel sent ground troops and tanks into Gaza. The S&P 500 closed 1.2% down. The international community was still coming to terms with this escalation of geo-political ...

Market wrap AM

AAP | MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014

... strong Google earnings and a large pharmaceutical deal offset worries about worsening international crises in Ukraine and Gaza. At 0645 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 22 points at 5,507. Google shot up 3.7 per ...

Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014

... military intervention in the Ukraine. But Israel waits not for NATO. It has reportedly sent ground troops and tanks into Gaza. It didn't faze financial markets over the past few days when Netanyahu was bombing Palestine- Hamas militants or not. And these ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012

... the largest five-day gain since June, after losing 1.4% the week before and down 2.4% before that. To be sure, apart from Gaza, the world appears much the same last week as the week before that - it's only the markets' sentiment that has changed. It's ...

Market Wrap

AAP | FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012

... market downwards. European stock markets and the euro rose as traders welcomed strong Chinese manufacturing data and an Israel-Gaza truce, while a Greek bailout deal was put on hold ahead of a European Union summit. Investors shrugged off news that Cyprus ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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