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Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... it is unacceptabel that ASX listed companies think merely reporting their gender mix is enough. Gerard Noonan, ACSI president, said, "Although there has been some progress [on women being appointed to senior roles in Australian companies], the rate at ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... market index increased by an exponential 1,549.4% (more than a thousand fold). Yes, Venezuela. The home of the late President Hugo Chavez. The man who, according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, "...has seized more than 1,000 companies or their assets, leveraged ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... there is a significantly visible improvement in the labour market. I don't have to remind you that only last week, ECB President Mario Draghi almost said the same thing, "Our monetary policy remains accommodative... We are far from having an exit in ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... high of 7.2% and all a,-4 billion worth Italy planned to sell, sold. And why not? Super Mario is here. Last night, ECB President Mario Draghi left no room for interpretation when he said that, "Our monetary policy remains accommodative... We are far ...

Bernanke pours liquid over Roman burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... crisis". As I explained yesterday, you and I and Irene have been here before - recall the' revote' in Greece and French President Hollande's non to austerite campaign. They're still implementing austerity programmes, despite intermittent protests - sometimes ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... daily fall since the 2.4% drop registered on 7/11/2012 - the time when markets were neck-deep with worries. At the time, President Obama just won re-election which disappointed financial markets because of what markets perceived as Obama's business-unfriendly ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... semantics they missed the big picture. But nah, it wasn't me. It was a greater mortal and his name is James: James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and voting member of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC). In an interview with ...

QE paradox in reverse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/25648171 ), when even Dr. Doom Roubini turned into a bull (2011) and Bloomberg quoting Cambiar Investors president saying that, "I don't see what the case is for the market collapsing," (2012) - the same ...

Don't stop me now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... don't see what the case is for the market collapsing," Brian Barish, who helps oversee about $7 billion as Denver-based president of Cambiar Investors LLC., spoke in a phone interview. "The U.S. economy is doing pretty well. Taking the possibility of ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... per cent to 7,628.73 points and Paris' CAC 40 added 0.18 per cent to 3,667.04 points. Wall Street was closed for the President's Day public holiday. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its February board ...