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Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Uncle Sam and his citizens celebrate the day of thanks today. They have much to be thankful for -- they have had bountiful harvest, there's US$600 billion of it coming their way. But not only that, their economy has come back to life after the mid-year ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
"Wall Street drops on China price worries" - afr.com.au. "Wall Street slumps on China concerns" - new.com.au. "Stocks, Commodities Slide on China Concern; Treasuries Tumble" - Bloomberg.com. "US shares drop on China inflation worries" - Reuters via ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
There just ain't no pleasing Mr. Market. No siree! The biggest and most powerful central bank in the world gave them lots and lots of play money to play with and now... this is all we get. Wall Street stalled despite last week's news that the US Federal ...

AIOFP appoints directors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Dennis Maddern and John Ardino have been appointed as new directors of the Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) board. Maddern is president of Melbourne-based Maddern Financial Advisers and Ardino is the managing director of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... the Australian Bureau of Statistics is scheduled to release lending finance data for July. In companies news, Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson is set to speak at the Business Chicks breakfast in Sydney. Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president marketing ...

UK bid to attract Aussie investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... with the rise of emerging Asian markets, and now is an ideal time to show just how attractive an investment hub Britain is," Sir Andrew Cahn, chief executive of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) said. Traditionally speaking, London has attracted many Australian ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... misrepresentation. But back to Greece and contagion. For my next witness I call on former Bank of England deputy governor Sir John Gieve. Commenting on the crisis, Sir John said that, "...there has been sort of a Lehman's moment in the EU... They have ...

Liar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808) Greece has just climb 10 notches up crap creek when Eurostat - the European Union's official Statistician - called it a liar. Eurostat revealed last ...

SPAA names award winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... compliance documentation. Her business services 11 accounting and financial planning firms, and direct clients. The honourable Sir Anthony Mason said award winners must continue to improve their knowledge of the industry. "Professionalism is an ongoing ...

Hunter Hall regains lost ground

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
Hunter Hall Investment Management has recovered two-thirds of the losses from its funds, according to Peter Hall, managing director at the fund manager, who vowed to return all clients losses earlier this year. Hall said the Hunter Hall Global Deep ...