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T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... Japan. A thirty-year veteran of the financial services and asset management industries, Honda will join the firm in early May after a filing with Japanese regulators. He will lead T. Rowe Price's overall Japanese business and distribution strategy, working ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... certainly encouraging, probably overstate somewhat the true ongoing pace of growth in the economy. The Bank's forecasts from early May, which we have not materially changed, embody ongoing growth but, in the near term, probably a little below trend". ...

Blue Sky directors buy stake in Alternatives Fund IPO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... Blue Sky and do not intend to sell any further shares in the near term," the company said. Blue Sky launched an IPO in early May to raise up to $100 million to list Australia's first diversified, alternatives-focused listed investment company (LIC) on ...

Another 10 bil to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... Treasuries - the one the Fed is trying to keep down to stimulate well...almost everything - surged to 2.98% (from 1.66% in early May) a week before the FOMC's September meeting. But...but, but if last night's rebound on Wall Street... The Dow and the ...

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... in September, this is up from the year's low of 1.63% -- before taper became part of the financial market lexicon in early May - and 2.20% on the first hint of taper just about three weeks later. If this is the effect of taper speculation, I hate to ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... index's 2.6% gain over the same period. The last time the Australian benchmark put on this kind of performance was in early May when both the Dow and the S&P 500 were both posting ever higher record highs (almost daily), there were some whispers of a ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... October of the same year before recovering. And this too courtesy of Mark: Sell-to-buy ratio for NYSE-listed stocks 2012: Early May high, just before May-June correction 7.11-to-1 Early October high, just before October-November correction 5.13-to-1 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... monetary easing measures. Tokyo soared 1.56 per cent, or 144.28 points, to 9,366.80 to finish at their highest level since early May. Seoul rose 0.82 per cent, or 15.46 points, to 1,899.50 while Sydney climbed 1.00 per cent, or 43.6 points, to finish ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... technology and archive folders, I can easily remind you that -- the short-lived "bin Laden is dead" bounce aside -- early May trading activity was filled with fear. Funny because there was a big sell sign on Wall Street in the first week of May despite ...

IOOF raises advice stakes

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... accelerate growth and offer clients better investment, life products and research. The transaction is due to be completed in early May.