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Nomura hires ex-RBS fixed income head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... with the bank as head of EURO delta trading. Linton is Nomura's second big hire in recent times, with The Wall Street Journal reporting the bank had poached Sydney-based Bank of America Merrill Lynch managing director and equity strategist Tim Rocks ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - is running with the blah baton. In his interview with the Wall Street Journal, Rosengren told the world that the Fed should embark on an open-ended bond buying spree and "You continue to do it until it's ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... thoughts of A$/commodities decoupling are recent reports that global central banks - 60 of 'em according to the Wall Street Journal - "allocating reserves into Australia assets, with around 30 of those new entrants to the market, arriving in the last ...

Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... bond yields continued to climb - that spilled over onto Wall Street but was tempered by late buying after the Wall Street Journal reported that Federal Reserve officials are getting impatient with the economy's sluggish growth and could take action as ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Nothing it seems. It sounds oh, so rationale. Even more so when you find out that it was the much-respected "Wall Street Journal" that published this line as it wrapped up Wall Street's action overnight. It's not! Sure, Wall Street has every reason to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... per cent, to $21.60 after it confirmed it was considering splitting into two publicly traded companies. The Wall Street Journal reported late on Monday (US time) that a split would put the entertainment arm, including the 20th Century Fox film business ...

Shareholder backlash hits Macquarie MGU

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... investment in the Fund," the statement said. The funds comparison, according to Western's SEC filing is based on Wall Street Journal disclosure, which includes both fixed income and equity closed-end funds. In calling for shareholders to vote on a Western ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... flip-flopping of the Greek election polls have flipped towards the pro-bailout party last night (yipeee!), the Wall Street Journal reports that the IMF "has started discussing contingency plans for a rescue loan to Spain" if the government proves unable ...

JPMorgan execs to resign over US$2bn trading loss

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... following a US$2bn trading loss of synthetic credit securities, according to reports out of New York. The Wall Street Journal has named Ina Drew, chief investment officer and head of the risk-management group behind the loss as a likely departure prior ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... performance overnight, after reports that the Greek bond swap would go ahead reached cyberspace. According to the Wall Street Journal, more than 75% of private sector holders of Greek debt have agreed to exchange their old bonds into new bonds with a ...