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Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... it's just a matter of waiting for Wednesday for Europe to make our day. And after all the hope built up in the financial markets these past few days, it better deliver on 26 October. And Wednesday couldn't come soon enough. Last night's October purchasing ...

ASIC releases equity market structure paper

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... second-phase consultation paper on equity market structure issues assessing the latest developments in Australia's financial markets. Looking at proposed market integrity rules for a variety of products and services, Consultation Paper 168 Australian ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... I have had enough, and enough is too much. If you're scratching your heads over the current goings-on in the financial markets, you're not alone. For how can we, mere code-breakers of policy pronouncements, divine the future when policy-makers themselves ...

Good news, bad headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... responsible for whatever little growth we have in the globe today grew "at the slowest pace in 2 years." Asian financial markets - still reeling from Germany's "boo" the night before - dropped because of this latest shock to the system (if you believe ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... positive spin. It's a rational rationale after all. It better be. For given the state of uncertainty in the financial markets that we're experiencing this very moment, Europe could not afford to make a misstep or miscalculation. If it does, then we might ...

Former Sonray chief gets jail time following ASIC charges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... seriousness of Mr Murray's conduct, even taking into account his cooperation. Investors participating in the financial markets are entitled to expect that their money will be handled responsibly and honestly. "ASIC will act to ensure that anyone who ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... banks under credit watch. And where Standard & Poor's and Fitch go, Moody's is sure to follow. But that's ok. Financial markets didn't blink. They're optimistic that Europe's "plan" would make all these go away. That's the plan.

Manufactured in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... Summit. "... and if that diamond ring turns brass..." But it wasn't all about hope and promises that stirred financial markets last night, there was actually real and solid economic data for traders and speculators to bet their money on. Real? Solid? ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... today's heading has in no way any relation to the 1995 romance film of the same title but to the goings-on in the financial markets. Equity markets didn't do much overnight. The S&P 500 was up a little, the Dow down a bit, the German DAX a fraction higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... Statistics releases the housing finance for August data, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor (financial markets) Dr Guy Debelle gives a speech on High Frequency Trading in Foreign Exchange Markets, and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey ...