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You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Finger pointing -- this is what happens when the going gets tough. Europe blames the US for the drop in its equity markets last night. "European Stocks Fall on Mounting Concern Over U.S. Budget," says Bloomberg. Wall Street blames Europe for its woes. ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
You gotta love this daily market watching. There's plenty of moving variables that no one knows for sure which way to jump. Yesterday it began with worries about the cliff, followed by worries about another looming recession in Japan as its economy ...

Two new product development managers at Tyndall AM

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Two product development managers have been appointed at Tyndall AM, after the creation of the asset manager's new sales and marketing division. Shirley Bowles has joined Tyndall as senior manager, product strategy and development, and Steven Birkett ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... until its end in June last year. Sure, it was a paltry gain but consider the challenges that faced the market last year - Arab Spring, Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster, USA no longer AAA, European crisis hitting Spain and Italy, the BRICs ...

It's still the hole, stups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... commodity markets were surging, markets found something to worry about, it was Dubai World and its debt blowout. Then it was the Arab Spring and Kaddafi in early 2011. There were also North Korea and Iran. They seem like teenie-weenie small beers now ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... the other troubles and worries that developed since the global financial crisis to date - Europe sovereign debt crisis, the Arab Spring (and surging oil prices), the Japanese tsunami/nuclear reactor meltdown, the US losing its AAA credit rating, North ...

SWFs to reach $30tr in 20 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... Australia amongst policy makers. SWFs are operated by 40 countries, the most prolific being China with five and the United Arab Emirates with six. The next largest are those operated by Norway, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. The US has six SWFs but they ...

Managers confident on value as China PMI contracts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... coming quarters." John Vail, chief global strategist and head of global asset allocation at Nikko AM, said that following The Arab Spring, which sparked a high degree of fear among the Party leadership, the focus had been on improving income level parity ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... crisis, Japan had the earthquake and the tsunami that blew up its nuclear reactors, the Middle East was in turmoil with the Arab Spring and there was talk that China would land hard. The authorities scrambled for a rescue. Central banks stimulated led ...