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Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... still from the 13 per cent pace in 2007. Economic growth of 6.8 per cent - even half of this -- may have most western economies wringing their hands in glee, but not China it seems. Since the global financial crisis began, it was widely assumed that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... Airlines were weak after American Airlines and United Airlines posted lackluster results. Typical safe-havens for weak economies, like utilities and makers of consumer staples, fell as investors shifted money into harder-hit areas to look for deals. ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... pink slips, more businesses will be closing shop, more houses will be foreclosed, more wealth will be destroyed, more economies will be trapped into the recession net. Yes we can! A fresh face in the White House could bring about fresh confidence that ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percent to 4.4 per cent in November - a one-year high. One-year high! I can hear other major economies saying, 'we'll have what Australia's having.' The rate of unemployment in the US has jumped by 2 per cent to 6.7 percent ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... Red alert! China is slowing. China is slowing. Persistent punches by the global financial crisis has knocked out the economies of the United States, the Eurozone, Japan and the United Kingdom to name a few. By its sheer size and ongoing industrialisation ...

Standard Chartered signs on SmartStream

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... our needs and enables us to manage our global growth and meet volume demands, while at the same time benefiting from economies of scale," said Sahba Saint-Claire, chief operating officer of financial markets, Standard Chartered Bank. Introducing exceptions-based ...

Knife falls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... But the banks' problems have now turned around and also became everybody else's problems. These have pulled down many economies around the world into a recession. And because of these persistent problems in the US, another domino appears to be on the ...

Scary Money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... assume that it would not be able to match the Riksbank's pace of rate chop. Given the low level of interest rates in most economies, and with inflation still positive, real interest rates are close to or already negative. This means that central banks ...

Macfarlane calls for a new regulatory regime

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... regulatory structure. He said Basel II was a regulatory system designed to stop banks going broke but did nothing to protect economies. One way for banks to protect themselves was to stop lending, which was the current experience and which led to economic ...

Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... that Australia's economy will eventually be swallowed by the global financial crisis that has already gobbled the big economies of the US, the Eurozone, Japan and the UK. As the GFC continues to bite, demand for Australia's exports will continue to decelerate. ...

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Blackwattle takes over Quest Asset Partners

KARREN VERGARA
Blackwattle Investment Partners has swallowed up Australian equities manager Quest Asset Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Funds SA poaches Vision Super risk specialist

MATTHEW WAI
Funds SA will welcome a Vision Super executive to replace executive director, governance and strategy Tony Burrill, as he prepares for retirement following a seven-year tenure at the company.

Regal flags muted second-half performance fees

VINNY VUCAGO
Regal Partners expects to recognise at least $122.7 million in fund performance fee revenue for calendar 2026, with market volatility and weaker investment performance limiting the prospect of further material fees in the second half.

Insignia chief draws 'hard line' on NCAs giving retirement advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said he draws a hard line when it come to the new class of advisers (NCAs) giving retirement advice.

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