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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... while the RBA's assistant governor (financial markets), Guy Debelle, is slated to be a panel participant at the 2nd Latin American Australia Investors Forum, also in Sydney. In equities news, the chief executives of BHP Billiton, Telstra, ANZ and GE ...

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... pressures." That's a lotta dineros! Developing countries now have their very own 'go to" bank - one that is not headed by an American like the World Bank or a European like the IMF - a development bank that better knows the intricacies of a developing ...

Hastings sell US natural gas terminal for huge profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... its stake in a Texan liquid natural gas terminal for a return of five and half times what it paid. Together with Zachry American Infrastructure, Hastings sold its jointly held 25% equity interest in Freeport LNG Development to the New York-based Global ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... market is expected to open higher on Monday as investors prepare for a deluge of profit news from the United States. American investors are heading into the start of the US reporting season in an optimistic mood, with the Dow Jones ending last week on ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... Glenn Stevens was in Tasmania letting it all rip at the same time that most of us were co-celebrating Dow 17K with our American brethrens on 'Independence Day' eve. On 3 July, Governor Glenn spoke before 'The Econometric Society Australasian Meeting ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
WOW! Seen the latest ADP private payrolls number last night? The report showed 281,000 Americans found jobs in the private sector in June. This is the biggest monthly addition since the 293K added back in November 2012 and... it beat even the most optimistic ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... stocks finished higher on Friday as strong earnings from shoe and clothing maker Nike helped offset a profit warning from American chemical company DuPont. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 5.71 points (0.03 per cent) to 16,851.84. The broad-based ...

Henderson set to acquire US fund manager Geneva

MARK SMITH AND AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... assets under management (AUM) in mid- and small-cap US growth equities - is a milestone in the development of its North American business. "Geneva will add US equity investment capabilities and extend US institutional client base," it said in a statement ...

Morningstar re-jigs Australasian team

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... Australian and New Zealand funds." Morningstar has also appointed Chris Douglas to the newly created role of director of the American regional data team. He will move to Chicago in September 2014.

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... prosecutors that would see the French bank pay $US8 billion to $US9 billion and accept other punitive measures for violating American sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports. US regulators and BNP Paribas executives are trying to hash out a settlement ...