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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... crisis in the coming crunch summit for the eurozone. Research in Motion's 7.6 per cent drop on a downgrade from Morgan Stanley led a broad fall in tech stocks; Hewlett-Packard fell 4.1 per cent, Microsoft 3.0 per cent, Lenovo 6.0 per cent and Dell 2.1 ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... news from Bloomberg, "Credit Suisse Group AG's credit rating was cut three levels by Moody's Investors Service, Morgan Stanley was reduced two levels and 13 other banks were downgraded in moves that may shake up competition among Wall Street's biggest ...

Facebook IPO price raises queries on value

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... offering, with the $38 IPO price representing the rate to be paid by Facebook's 33 underwriters, including lead bank Morgan Stanley, and the rate at which the underwriters will on-sell shares to their institutional clients. Barbi said that although Platinum ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... Empire State and Philly Fed indexes and housing disappointed. Microsoft, General Electric, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley topped earnings estimates but IBM, Intel and Qualcomm fell short of expectations. Spain and France's debt auctions met with ...

Private debt market imbalance to last years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... balance sheets by EUR1.5-2.5 trillion over the next 18 months as part of the delevarging process, according to Morgan Stanley data cited in the research. The dynamic however, is conducive to opportunities for investors with capital and sourcing capabilities ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... But there's no two ways about the better than expected earnings results from Microsoft and Bank of America and Morgan Stanley. They all beat both lines - top (revenue) and bottom (net profit) -- estimates. Where now white cow? My feeling is that we'll ...

Social media trials in US continue

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will continue its exploration into social media with a formal program to follow up on its 600 adviser pilot program. In May last year, Morgan Stanley began testing a pilot program to allow its financial advisers to interact ...

Gonski appointed new chair of Future Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... Murray as the new chair of the Future Fund, in charge of nearly $90bn in assets. The government has also appointed Morgan Stanley Australia head, Steven Harker, to the Future Fund board, in the place of founding board member Brian Watson. "These appointments ...

Orchard changes name to re-brand

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... Capital Investment has changed its name to Arena Investment Management. Arena was bought by the real estate arm of Morgan Stanley in a deal that was finalised last month, which also saw the fund manager recapitlised to the tune of over $170 million. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... nation and boosting commodities prices. US stocks gave financials more positive leads after Bank of America and Morgan Stanley's results both topped analysts' forecasts and reinforced positive data showing jobless claims fell to their lowest level since ...