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Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... accept aid from the IMF (because of the strict conditions the government must adhere to), reformed the banking system and let the ringgit seek its own equilibrium. Once equilibrium was reached, Malaysia's economy started growing once more. Mmm...roast ...

Accountant guilty of operating 21 unregistered schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
A Melbourne accountant has pleaded guilty to 27 criminal charges including charges of operating 21 unregistered managed investment schemes. Accountant Mark Ronald Letten pleaded guilty following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Another 10 bil to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... flow into the safety of US Treasuries putting further downward pressure on yields and lesser pressure not to taper. Finally, let me take you back to last August at Jackson Hole when emerging markets were also in the midst of turmoil. We didn't hear from ...

Credit to escape impending bond rout

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Fixed income investors should avoid the worst of the impact of rising interest rates by holding bonds with higher yields, according to UBS Wealth Management global chief investment officer Alexander Friedman. With interest rates at record lows across ...

Emerging emerging markets concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014

Japan's coming April fools' day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014

Frontier market corporate governance greatly improved

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Greater local competition, improved governance and the involvement of institutional investors has greatly increased the investment prospects of the world's frontier markets, according to emerging market specialist Advance Emerging Capital. Frontier ...

Capital adds portfolio manager to ETOP strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Capital Group has appointed David Holstein to the portfolio manager team for its Emerging Markets Total Opportunities (ETOP) strategy. Holstein has 23 years' experience in the investment industry including seven with Capital Group. The firm said he ...

China heading for debt disaster, sure sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
You can set your watch on it! Like clockwork the start of the New Year brings with it a brand new stick to bash China with. China has become the world's tallest poppy. It must be cut down! China was bashed in 2010 with the social unrest stick back in ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014