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More pain to come for councils

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... funds and investor behaviour, said councils which invest in derivatives could be up for more losses as the effects of the GFC continue to unravel. Toxic collateralised debt obligations investments scalped an estimated mark-to-market $200 million from ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... have seemingly stabilised, growth has yet to emerged and after that, sustained. Also, doubts still linger as to whether the GFC is finally licked. The fall comes usually when confidence turns into overconfidence. When there is no more reason to hold ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
V for victory against the GFC. V for the V-shaped rebound in the Australian economy. V for 'very wrong' to those who continued to stick to their recession calls up to the very end. In case you missed it, the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... financial crisis in mid-2007 as credit markets went into a tailspin. The spread went from just around 10 basis points pre-GFC to a high of more than 364 bps after Lehman Brothers collapsed. It has continued to narrow since then. At present this spread ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... with its capital markets. China was being coerced into doing America's bidding if it wanted a piece of the action. Then the GFC happened. The tables have turned. The US needs China to keep on buying the government debt which the American government bought ...

AFA conference to focus on leadership

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... panel discussion on the future of financial advice and sessions on building sustainable retirement income strategies after the GFC. "We're now facing and working in an environment that's been the most difficult period in investments for 80 years. That's ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... financial crisis in mid-2007 as credit markets went into a tailspin. The spread went from just around 10 basis points pre-GFC to a high of more than 364 bps after Lehman Brothers collapsed. This narrowing spread - courtesy of falling Libor rates - is ...

Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... credit-ratings contributed to the worst credit, liquidity, financial and economic mess since the Great Depression. Before the GFC, they were too slow - perhaps even unwilling - to downgrade structured assets, banks and financial institutions. Some mere ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... monetary authorities must pay to recover an economic recovery. If they hadn't paid - and continue to pay - this ransom, the GFC would have already cut the throat of the economy. The threat of a credit rating downgrade may just be that - a threat. Prior ...

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... always going to be people who want to focus on other things besides ESG amid the crisis - I don't think they're right. The GFC has highlighted where we can end up if we don't look at these issues," said Cochrane. This report was released after the UN ...