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The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... things were starting to settle down - albeit, ever so slightly - for equity markets, wham! The bottom looks like it has again vanished. The Dow Jones index pierced below the 7,000 support level overnight as it shed 4.2 per cent of its value. The S&P ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... These resulted in more losses and threaten the solvency of big financial institutions - depicted by Citibank and Bank of America over the past fortnight. They beg the government for salvation. The Government responds by promising money, but is uncertain ...

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... against the big risks facing investors. Referring to how former US President Theodore Roosevelt rescued Americans from the Great Depression, Shiller said the government's bail-out package is not enough. The Obama administration needs to ensure that the ...

Baracking for the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this, we will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before." While US President Barack Obama's words garnered applause and a standing ovation from both ...

Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... summit convened by President Obama gave an end point to the long run - within the next four years. Obama promised to cut America's budget deficit - reported to be around US$1.3 billion - by half by the end of his first term in office. To do this, he ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... remarked that some US banks might have to be nationalised for a 'short time.' He was referring to Citigroup and Bank of America. Why he had to qualify his statement with 'for a short time' and why the White House hastened to declare that US authorities ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... - had only peeped through under the zero line - down 0.2 per cent! And people are talking of Depression? Never mind the Great Depression, which the US and the world survived. The US economy (in year-on-year terms) contracted by even more in 1954, 1958 ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Today, America and Canada held their annual Groundhog Day festivities to see whether spring would come early or winter will stretch six weeks more. Groundhog Day is rooted in ancient European folklore and purports that if a groundhog emerges from its ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... despair, remember that 'it is always darkest before dawn.' Recessions come... they also go. Our grandfathers survived the Great Depression, so shall we.

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... could provide the spark to turn soured confidence around and eventually restore faith in the tenet of capitalism and in America. "Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily ...

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Australian Retirement Trust people chief to depart

ELIZABETH FRY
Australian Retirement Trust has confirmed the departure of chief people officer Helen Jackson, who will leave at the end of the financial year.

SSGA loses $2.4bn in two months

KARREN VERGARA
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) suffered $2.4 billion in net outflows over the last two months of 2023, the majority of which hit its Australian and international equities products.

AFCA seeks industry feedback on approaches

ELIZA BAVIN
The financial complaints authority is asking the industry for feedback on how it approaches issues and reaches decisions.

Apex, ACA partner to broaden client services

ANDREW MCKEAN
Apex Group and ACA Group have formed a partnership to offer their clients a wider range of services.

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