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Funds management giants in historic merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Two major global managers have agreed to an all-stock merger of equals. Henderson and Janus Capital, post-merger, will be known as Janus Henderson Global Investors. The combined entity will represent over US$320 billion in assets under management and ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... Or until November, when Americans vote for their own leader? With the global political system seemingly chaos, a US President Trump is still likely.

Bremorsing and Bregretting Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Be careful what you wish for you might just get it. Events are still fluid, speculations still abound, but one thing is certain Brexiteers got what they wished for but recent reports suggest that the 51.9% who voted to say adieu to the EU now regret ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... might be able to persuade you. He has a better resume - way, way better -- than I do. He was the former adviser to US president Bill Clinton and US president Barack Obama -- yes, not one but two US presidents -- and is also a consultant at PIMCO. Sperling ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... market looks set to open lower following sharp falls on Wall Street on fresh worries about a Greek debt default as US President Barack Obama called on Greece to enact reforms. At 0815 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street moved mainly slightly higher following US President Barack Obama's proposed $US4.0 trillion budget loaded with spending and tax reforms. At 0849 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... news is good news syndrome like Wall Street had been. Or is it the connect between Chinese president Xi Jinping and US president Barrack Obama at the APEC summit or his handshake connect with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe? Ahh yes, Virginia, you ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... to the 2,000 milestone - and if you believe Putin's gone an inch away from the Ukrainian border. To quote former US President George W Bush again, "... fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again" because "I know the human ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... Putin later admitted that Russian military units had been involved." I'll leave the last words to Junior, former US President George Bush Jr: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... using the guise of a humanitarian mission, could intervene militarily in Ukraine". Now everybody's onto it - even US President BO (not Benjamin Ong, ehem). Barack Obama warned Vladimir Putin not to use "humanitarian aid" as cover to send in Russian troops ...