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JP Morgan appoints head of transition management

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
JP Morgan Treasury & Securities Services has appointed a new head of transition management Australia and New Zealand, as part of the bank's growing financing & markets products division in Asia Pacific. Patrick Fanning has been appointed to the role ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street rebounded from early losses to finish up, despite European and Asian markets earlier closing lower. At 0712 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 41 ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Financial market waters are getting more treacherous by the day. The signs are all around us - macro-economic fundamentals are deteriorating, systemic risk is growing and technical indicators of risk assets are breaking down. I'd like to able to conjure ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
US stocks plunged on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding more than 300 points, as global stock markets were stung by fresh anxiety in the eurozone over Greece's bailout. The Dow fell 303.68 points (2.69 per cent) to close at 10,992.13. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... the Swiss National Bank when it announced a minimum exchange rate of 1.20 francs per euro, saying the high value of the franc was a threat to the economy. On the European sovereign bond market, yields for Italy and Spain fell. The Spanish benchmark 10-year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... pressures amid street protests, pushing the price of safe-haven gold to a new record. Another safe-haven instrument, the Swiss franc, had also surged and on Tuesday the Swiss central bank sprang a surprise, setting a target "peg" exchange rate against ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after European and Asian markets fell overnight. Wall Street was closed on Monday for the US Labor Day public holiday. At 0710 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 52 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... jobs would definitely put the heat on higher yielding currencies, which would be sold off in favour of the Yen and Swiss Franc," he said. Mr Waterer said the Australian dollar could hit 108 US cents by the weekend, if the US payrolls result fuelled risk ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after Wall closed more than one per cent down following an earlier rally. At 0709 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 49 points at 4,256. There is no economic news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after world markets rallied on hopes the US Federal Reserve would respond to mounting signs of weakness in the global economy. At 0750 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract ...