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China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Janet Yellen this coming Friday - not to show off his Italian suit and shoes or brag that he could be the next Italian President - but more because as they walk hand in hand at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the super one would get a chance to pop the question ...

Van Eck Global expands Australia team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... presence and its exchange traded fund (ETF) business, Market Vectors ETFs. The business has appointed John Caulfield vice president of institutional business development and he will be responsible for driving growth of its institutional business in Australia ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... Putin later admitted that Russian military units had been involved." I'll leave the last words to Junior, former US President George Bush Jr: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... using the guise of a humanitarian mission, could intervene militarily in Ukraine". Now everybody's onto it - even US President BO (not Benjamin Ong, ehem). Barack Obama warned Vladimir Putin not to use "humanitarian aid" as cover to send in Russian troops ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Shanghai slipped 0.14 per cent, or 3.06 points, to 2,221.59 as investors locked in profits following recent gains. US President Barack Obama welcomed the nomination of a new Iraqi prime minister to replace controversial leader Nuri al-Maliki and voiced ...

BetaShares partners with fifth largest US ETF provider

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... Markets Local Debt Fund, Japan Hedged Equity Fund and the Global Equity Income Fund. WisdomTree chief executive and president Jonathan Steinberg said: "As ETF adoption increases in Australia and New Zealand, we look forward to working with BetaShares ...

CBA appoints international experts to oversee advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... chair of the group's advisory board Mary Schapiro will also be a part of the panel. Ludwig served under United States President Bill Clinton comptroller of the Currency, the head of the federal agency responsible for supervising the majority of US banking ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... Strikes, Humanitarian Aid in Iraq".... which started Putin laughing. On 8 August, ITAR-TASS News Agency printed that, "President Vladimir Putin has assembled an urgent meeting with permanent members of Russian Security Council on Friday, presidential ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... The euro climbed to $1.3409 from $1.3363 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed, after US President Barack Obama said he had authorised air strikes against Sunni extremist militants in Iraq as concerns grew about the security ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... Sanction me, sanction you. Equity markets fell on heightened geo-political risk concerns following news that Russian President Vladimir Putin's imposition counter-sanctions against the US/EU sanctions by banning importation of food products -- all cheese ...