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Think of China as the new America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... Principal Global Investors' chief global economist Bob Baur, Financial Services Council chief economist James Bond, Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake and State Street Global Advisors chief economist Christopher Probyn. Global ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... feel 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 ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... singing 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 ...

NAB appoints private wealth manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... mining firm 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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... dropped to new 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 ...

Ditch retail prospectuses in some cases, say leading lawyers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... access to high quality information and advisers. Responding to this, Anatoly Kirievsky, head of compliance at Bank of America, said: "Do we need a 'safe harbour' provision where providers can offer basic product information at low compliance risk?" Above ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... since the company's November initial public offering. A 27.1 per cent fall in earnings at AIG sparked selling in Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and other banks. AIG shares fell 4.1 per cent. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell, with London hit ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... was seven cents higher at $5.07. The banks are lower, following Westpac's receiving a share price downgrade from Bank of America. Westpac lost 32 cents to $35.07, Commonwealth Bank is 12 cents down at $78.82, ANZ shed 24 cents to $34.36 and National ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... yuan (US$14.7 mil) in interest due at the end of last week. The negative spin could not be anymore negative than Bank of America-Merrill Lynch strategist David Cui's assessment that this "could be China's Bear Stearns moment" - the first in many domestic ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... (you know it). Just stop whatever you're doing and sell. But Kim Eng Securities strategist Andrew Sullivan and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch economists Ting Lu and Xiaojia Zhi think that the numbers were likely distorted by the Lunar New Year. The Wall ...