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Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... With three of the world's biggest central banks - The Fed, the ECB and the BOJ - flooding the world with money, financial markets are still digesting what this all means. The "will they, won't they" do a QE question had been answered. They did. Now it ...

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... reflects an appreciation of the role securities regulators can and should play in mitigating systemic risk in financial markets. The extent of this role and how it will interact with the mandates of banking supervisors and central banks is still being ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... Statistics (ABS) releases August merchandise import figures, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor (Financial Markets) Guy Debelle is scheduled to speak at a FINSIA, CEDA and ICAA Luncheon, in Adelaide, while the RBA is expected to release ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/22559150 along with Stuart and Ron's comments. There's no mistaking that the QEs one and two provided a lift to financial markets. But don't just take little ben's word for it. I call upon a greater mortal ...

ISN calls for fast trading moratorium

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... to impact long term investors such as superannuation funds and there should be a moratorium in the Australian financial markets on using the systems, said Industry Super Network (ISN). ISN's suggestion is part of a submission released today on an ASIC ...

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
There's no mistaking the jubilation in financial markets after our 'bestie' forever, Ben gave them what they expected... and then some. Moving on up. The S&P 500 and the Dow lifted by 1.6% overnight -- bringing the respective index levels just 6.7% ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... for the US economy later today. All bets are in and after yesterday's attack of the nerves, it appears that financial markets are betting that they - both the German court and the FOMC - will. In fact, financial markets are so sure that they were unfazed ...

Omega appoints inv research analyst

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... from Austock Securities where he for five years held the role as a quantitative analyst. He has over six years financial markets experience, specialising in quantitative research and analysis, valuation modelling and system development. Andrew Gruskin ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... to themselves, "Lost in love and I don't know much, was I thinking aloud and fell out of touch?" (Air Supply) Financial markets are again questioning the efficacy - or should I say, the diminishing returns - of another QE, the suspicion it'll raise over ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... Ben would be dropping money from his helicopter. That or he'll be the one dropped from the helicopter by the financial markets. While there were some good news out of America -- August updates showed improvement in the ISM non-manufacturing index and ...