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Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... in January - a full 16 months after Lehman's collapse sucked the whole world down into a vortex of what is now known as the GFC. According to the WSJ, Kolchinsky wrote a letter to Moody's chief compliance officer last July saying that, "Moody's issued ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... export earnings in their home countries. Despite the sharp increase in flows to non-developed countries, the UN warns that the GFC will continue to impact FDI flows across the global market - with more pain to come for both developed and developing markets. ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... discussion will certainly also make CEOs sweat - their pay is at stake - and regulations, restrictions and measures to ensure the GFC does not happen ever again. Can't blame Wall Street - and by extension every other financial market around the globe ...

Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... the bond market -- it has reached its 'use by' date as Australia won't be going into the debt anymore. What happened? The GFC happened. Now Australians are worried about mortgaging their children's future. But even this has changed. Newspaper reports ...

Beware the leveraged ETF

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... to increase investors' bottom lines, holding them for more than a day can be detrimental if markets swing downward - as the GFC has proven similarly in the managed funds sector. "These [ETF] funds have huge assets, which means that people are leaving ...

Consultants back super communication

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... to provide education material to super fund members, as funds ramp up their commitment to allay members' worries in a post GFC world, said an industry expert. Paul Ireland, general manager of MLC Implemented Consulting, said the consultant has been actively ...

Yin to market yang

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... reinforced by US president Barack Obama this week when he pushed for financial reforms to help avoid a repeat of last year's GFC. Not that Power ever subscribed to the crisis being "global" anyway, referring to it as a Western financial crisis. He also ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... for around 20 per cent of our economy. Note that the weak currency also helped shield Australia from the full impact of the GFC. The A$'s weakness made imported goods and services so expensive, we were forced to buy Australian, supporting our domestic ...

Apostle adds Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn to suite

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... Apostle Asset Management, said Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn played an important role in the firm's product range. "In the post-GFC environment, a style of equities management where there is a good framework for assessment of specific risks in the portfolio ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... Asian Crisis. It fell from US$0.65 to below US$0.50 during the 2001 US recession and September 11. And then again during the GFC. By the same token, currencies rise to temper growth in an economy beyond that which would cause rising inflation. This is ...