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The management upheaval at Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue continues with another senior executive, Eva Hanly, understood to have parted ways with the company after 18 months as boss of the Asia Pacific energy operations.

Meanwhile, the corporate regulator has begun a key phase of its investigation into alleged market manipulation by ANZ, informally interviewing staff from the bank’s institutional division over unusual trading activity in government bonds and futures. 

And after crossing the 8000 point mark for the first time, analysts are now predicting the S&P/ASX 200 will shoot to 8250 points by the end of the year as global investors seek opportunities outside the relatively expensive US market.