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Not the biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 18 MAR 2012

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... September 1992 and by another 4.9% four days later. But it wasn't only George Soros - who reportedly made a cool bil sterling -- betting against the pound that profited, UK's economy also resumed growing, free from the shackles of the German Bundesbank's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... cents overnight," Mr Hollows said. "It was in part supported by the strong performance of the euro and (UK currency) Sterling, which is broad-based US dollar weakness. "This 106 US cents level looks like an important level and we've backed away from ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... Governor all in one?) believes that the surge in prices is only temporary and had been caused by the increase in VAT, sterling's past weakness and rising commodity prices. This echoed his next-door neighbour's - the European Central Bank - view that ...

Rise of Asia bonds: Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... ($6.3 billion) between October last year and July. Six were denominated in Singapore dollars, two in US dollars, two in Sterling. Including its maiden US dollar bond issued in September 2005, the fund has 11 outstanding bonds totaling over S$10 billion ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

Yen sunk but not for long

BENJAMIN ONG IS FINANCIAL STANDARD'S DAILY COLUMNIST ON THE ECONOMY  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
SouthwestUSA Bank in Las Vegas, Sterling Bank in Florida and Home Valley Bank in Oregon were among seven banks that were closed last week alone in the US - suggesting the troubles in the US banking system are far from over. According to the Federal ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... of this US$2.4 trillion is allocated in US dollar-denominated assets, and the remainder mostly in euros, yen and pound sterling. This means that China's holding of euro-denominated assets is equal to... a lot. Financial markets had every right to sell ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... securities (in-securities?) So that's the good news. But an evil wind is blowing the way of the UK and has hit the pound sterling...hard. The British currency fell against all 16 of its most traded currency counterparts. It fell by as much as 3 per cent ...