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USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... and management lies. Bear Stearns wasn't downgraded until the day it went under. Then there was the mortgage-backed securities debacle, when agencies bestowed AAA ratings on bonds backed subprime mortgages, as well as the alphabet soup of structured ...

JP Morgan appoints new head, casts eyes to Japan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... financial and market products for Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Stewart Cowan has had his previous role of leading the securities lending operation expanded to include oversight of the firm's clearance and collateral management, transition management ...

Ready to turn on the tap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Street Journal reported that three former top officials at the Fed said the central bank should consider a new round of securities purchases to bolster economic growth." And here's the Wall Street Journal's: "In an exclusive interview with the Wall Street ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... shares also fell sharply amid signs of contagion in the eurozone, with concern now focussing on Italy and Spain. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market had followed Wall Street down in the wake of downbeat US ...

Wolf of Wall Street can't put a price on value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... ethics and integrity and you're not staying true to who you are, it will not last." In 1998 Belfort was indicted for securities fraud and money laundering, spending just shy of two years in a federal prison and ordered to pay back $100 million to victims ...

ASIC commissioner new chief of FOS

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... earlier in his career. Prior to this he was deputy managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft thanked Tregillis for his work with ASIC. "As a commissioner ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... default, or more likely a big cut to US government government spending for some period of time." In economic news, TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute will release their inflation gauge for July. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... stocks ended mixed in overnight trade, as nervous markets awaited a resolution to the debt-limit standoff. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the US debt stalemate had local investors jittery. "It's a movement that is completely ...

ASIC looks to reshape retail advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Client preference for scalable advice rather than a holistic approach has lead the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to propose a replacement regulatory guide. ASIC proposes that its Regulatory Guide 200 (RG 200) be replaced with a new ...

Debt and small caps broaden emerging market value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... IMF, a 1% shift in global equity and debt holdings implies a roughly $475 billion shift to emerging markets. "Public securities in emerging markets face a potential absorptive capacity problem because if most people are say 50% underweight emerging markets ...