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JPM appoints Goldman Sachs managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... appointment follows that of Simon Ranson as vice chairman of global investment banking. Uren has more than 20 years of financial markets experience. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2004 and was named managing director in 2007. Previously he worked for eight ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... of good news in half of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) dual mandate - employment and inflation - has financial markets re-calibrating their odds for a May interest rate cut. According to the Australian Financial Review (AFR), "Futures pricing ...

NZ Super suspends Milford AM mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation have suspended a mandate with Milford Asset Management until a Financial Markets Authority (FMA) investigation into the fund manager is completed. Until then, NZ Super will manage the NZ$281 million ($276 ...

Sovereign wealth funds growing despite falling commodity prices

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... capture attention due to their ever growing assets under management and their corresponding influence on global financial markets," said Preqin head of hedge fund products Amy Bensted. "While these institutions have significant investments in traditional ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... closer connection (financially) through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (launched on 17 November 2014) Financial markets have been so engrossed with the Fed lift-off in recent days that they could be forgiven for not noticing what's happening in ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... discussed the whys and wherefores of "Normalizing Monetary Policy: Prospects and Perspectives" two weeks ago. "For financial markets, the likely path of short-term rates after lift-off is just as important as the timing of lift-off... Here, I anticipate ...

Regulatory changes stifling innovation

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... would "[work] more actively with international regulators to better mitigate risk inherent in international financial markets." On the issue, the paper concluded that "Those institutions that thrive will be those that meet these regulations, while growing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... so-called dividend stocks are the ones doing well," he said. The broader share market is one per cent firmer, with financial markets widely expecting a cut in the cash rate to a new record low of 2%. All 20 economists surveyed by AAP expect there'll ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... important step is introducing financial literacy training into school curriculum. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) said in a policy briefing that: "There is a savings challenge in the United States that is detrimental ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... "...a healthy US economy should not be underestimated as a driver of business thinking and as a trend-setter for financial markets". True. But what is also true is that a go-slow Fed has also eased the upward pressure on the greenback or, seen through ...