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Usual uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... sentiment is a fickle one. It's been moving up and down, up and down, even during boom times. History shows that the magnitude of the drops and rebounds and drops and rebounds increases after every US recession. Then it stabilises at a higher level before ...

Securitor tags AFG for mortgages

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... provider of mortgage aggregation services to advisers. The deal will see AFG provide mortgage aggregation services to Magnitude and Securitor advisers. "Advisers should be identifying that, with increasing house prices and interest rates, clients who ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... all economic statistics" for nothing. But this month's payrolls report for May is a very special one because of its magnitude and the guesses so wide you could fit the sinkhole that swallowed a three storey building in Guatemala. More important, it would ...

PIMCO favours Latin American and Asian bonds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... prior to the global financial crisis, built-up sovereign reserves and aren't dealing with a debt crisis in the same magnitude as Europe. "Emerging markets and developing bond markets from a sovereign perspective look good compared to any of the old developed ...

Shocked, not awed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... lines with Europe's banks. Financial markets were shocked, but as it turned out, not completely awed. Shocked at the magnitude of the package. Shocked that European authorities were able to agree -- a coup in itself -- on a common response. Shocked at ...

ANZ wealth income doubles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... the economic downturn in the US and Europe means we have to be realistic about the outlook. Recovery events of this magnitude will not happen smoothly." ANZ share price fell more than 2 per cent to $24.20 in yesterday's trade.

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... contract 'for the first time since World War II, with growth at least 5 percentage points below potential'. What the magnitude of the contraction is and what the potential global growth rate is, the WB did not specify. It is scarier letting the market's ...

Brand survey highlights top banks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... for clients. Westpac has a number of wealth management brands in its suite including Securitor, BT Financial Group and Magnitude. ANZ, Westpac and Bendigo Bank topped the FOREBRAND Best Brands Index regarding payment cards from a survey that was conducted ...

Walter Scott tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... trailing its value counterpart. Unfortunately, this has been short-lived and both styles were hit by losses of similar magnitude in the calendar year of 2008. "However, growth has recovered and performed more strongly in the year to August 2009, despite ...

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... few could countenance the unbelievable rally that started only six months later. Unbelievable! Certainly the scope and magnitude of the contraction in the global economy could not be fixed in such a short amount of time. There are still job prospects ...