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Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... optimistic. With the domestic housing boom reaching its peak, construction is set to see "a record year," Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake told Financial Standard. Perpetual head of investment market research Matt Sherwood said ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... glory, glory hallelujah and dancing the macarena. But nah, Virginia. In keeping up with our whinging, Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist, Saul Eslake, threw the media a bone and now they're running with it and refuse to let go. Don't be happy ...

NAB appoints private wealth manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... Sirius Minerals where he was chief financial officer. Prior to that he was head of capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Australia), where he sat on the executive committee. A qualified chartered accountant, Murray was also head of debt capital ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... multi-month lows. Caterpillar, another Dow component, shed 1.4 per cent following a downgrade by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed mixed amid concerns about French public finances and uncertainty over the ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... was in December: "But these prophets of doom might be making a mountain of a molehill for as per Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia chief economist Saul Eslake, the country's car and car components manufacturing industry accounts for only 0.4% of ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... Russell Lansbury add. But these prophets of doom might be making a mountain of a molehill for as per Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia chief economist Saul Eslake, the country's car and car components manufacturing industry accounts for only 0.4% ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... August of 2011. Panic was the reading of 80.86 in November of 2008. What about the bond market? The Bank of America Merrill Lynch MOVE Index - the bond market sibling of the VIX index - is 77.1. This compares with readings of 117.9 (July 2013), 117.8 ...

Global investment banking fees up 3% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... investment banking league table, taking in $4.4 billion in fees or 7.8% of the total. Second-place Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC.N) booked fees of $4 billion. The top five spots were filled by US banks, with rankings unchanged from the previous ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... volatility in the US bond market. According to Bloomberg, "Treasury volatility as measured by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch MOVE index rose to 75.51 yesterday, the most since Aug. 16, four weeks before the Fed's Sept. 13 announcement...The index ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... talks are beginning to be the thing du jour. Last month, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia chief economist Saul Eslake warning, "we could be in recession within two years once investment in the resources ...