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Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Jumpy! This is the word that came to mind when I was watching last night's trading action in the financial markets. Is it only me or has anybody else noticed that the "bounce around" in share prices have been shortening lately? It used to be a matter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... the plan are being discussed but EU ministers meeting in Luxembourg said they had not done enough to convince financial markets that Europe's banks could withstand the current debt crisis. Mr Burrowes said the comments show that European leaders are ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... rescue money. And you thought all's done and dusted, 'ey? No siree, not yet. Expect continued volatility as financial markets swing between the hope on, hope off trade all the way to the 13th of next month. And then what? At this point, I'm not ashamed ...

Sydney's financial centre ranking slips five places

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... factors, the top five being the availability of skilled personnel, regulatory environment, access to international financial markets, availability of business infrastructure and access to customers.

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... what the former US President was trying to say. This 'Bushism' - one of many - came to mind as I watched the financial markets' positive reaction to the, well, talks on gossips on rumours that there is now a plan to prevent the global economy and the ...

US adviser fiduciary rule stalls

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... consequences," Ken Bentsen, executive vice president of public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, told the New York Times. Problems surfaced when it was interpreted as meaning commissions would effectively ...

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... they stay the same. Yup, the same uncertainty that causes volatility that prompts a crisis in confidence in financial markets that's now migrating into the real economy. It's likely that next month, we'll find that Greece has again averted default. This ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... stance these past few weeks - not overnight as reader Paul accuse - over the state of the global economy and financial markets. Let me explain why am not in the mood. Unlike the days of the global financial crisis when there was general agreement from ...

New risk technologies shifting industry power

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... principle of Facebook and social media, I think the technologies we have today are going to change the nature of financial markets. "The big banks manage money for smaller players and need to break it down for them which will eventually go to end customers ...

Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... due to rollover their funding? First there's admonition about the progress on their austerity measures, then financial markets go into rout and then assurances that money is forthcoming. It can't go on like this forever. The final resolution to this ...