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Another thrilla in Athena

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... left to run." And then there it was: "Eurozone Agrees on Four-Month Extension of Greece Bailout", was the Wall Street Journal's headline on 20 February. The same thing happened leading up to the 5 June deadline for Greece to repay money owing to the ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... tomorrow (or this week), one thing is for sure... the biggest kid of emerging markets is coming soon. The 'Wall Street Journal' reports that, "U.S. index-fund giant Vanguard Group Inc. says it will start buying mainland-listed shares, just days before ...

J.P.Morgan makes Australian appointment amid global restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... announcement days after chief executive James Dimon announced that 5,000 jobs would be cut globally. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Dimon said that this represents at least 2% of its current workforce and added that the average branch would lose ...

Uncertainty over JPM job cuts in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... locally," a JPM spokesperson told Financial Standard, when asked to comment on information published by the Wall Street Journal that the investment bank is considering 5,000 job cuts to its global business. The spokesperson noted that JPM has been making ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... Merkel - Forbes' most powerful woman on the planet - and Greece's biggest creditor said it isn't so. As the Wall Street Journal reports: ""...we haven't gotten much further in substance in the negotiations between the three institutions and the Greek ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... preparing something akin to a QE, if true, should underpin further price appreciations. According to the 'Wall Street Journal' (WSJ) "China's central bank is readying its most aggressive easing tool since it launched a massive stimulus plan in 2008 to ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... total gain of 10% (14.2% year-to-date). The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is finally connecting! As per the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), "Chinese Orders of Hong Kong Shares Hit Limit for First Time" "Net inflows of money from mainland China to Hong ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... roads, rails and ports expected to generate trade amounting to around US$2.5 trillion. Though according to the Wall Street Journal, "It isn't all about roads, rails and ports. The plan calls for the construction of oil and natural-gas pipelines. Fiber-optic ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... and Irene now know that the ECB is going shopping every month for a,-60 billion worth of assets but as the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) headlined on 25 February, "ECB Faces Struggle in Sourcing Enough Bonds for QE". (http://www.wsj.com/articles/ecb-faces-struggle-in-sourcing-enough-bonds-for-qe-1424868462) ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... weakness in domestic demand that was "recession-like..." The bad news doesn't end here. There's more. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quoted Standard & Poor's analyst Craig Michaels saying that, ""If there is a significant external shock, it's very likely ...