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Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... cent unemployment means 95.2 per cent of the workforce are employed. Company profits? There is no way a crisis of this magnitude would not impact on company profits. But while some companies' bottomlines are under duress, others like Woolworths and Aldi ...

No meat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... dark. But for all the markets' criticism about the vagueness of the details, markets should also understand that the magnitude of the current crisis is so great and its reach so widespread, that there will be no quick fixes. The problem is the world ...

Property re-pricing to come in waves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... property sector, particularly direct property (or private equity in US) over the next couple of years. It said that the magnitude and timing of the sector's re-pricing will vary depending on the region. The UK and Japan have already seen re-pricing and ...

UK coalition pushes responsible investment cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... should be set up to guarantee investors comply with the "do no harm" clause. "We believe the current crisis is of such magnitude that if satisfactory progress is not made on these points by the end of 2010, the government should consider action to make ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... markets rebound on inauguration day. What is of great significance is what happens the day after tomorrow. The depth and magnitude of the global financial crisis is such that it would not magically go away as the name following the title US President ...

New leaders at BT and Asgard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... and superannuation and investment solutions Neil Younger will head the dealer groups and licensee select, including Magnitude and Securitor. Phil Hay has been appointed head of life insurance, Brendan Tobin, head of general insurance, Charles Holland ...

Coombe names wealth management execs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... expected to confirm their teams in a couple of weeks. The combined business will continue to use the Asgard, Advance, BT, Magnitude, Securitor, St.George and Westpac brands. Coombe said the combined business represents $95 billion in total investments ...

Main Street is burning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... the US equity market closed its first trading day after the weekend G20 Summit down by more than 2 per cent. While the magnitude of last night's losses and volatility was benign relative to the daily drops investors have grown accustomed to, Citigroup's ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... looking more likely now. The lesson from the last global recession in 1990/91 could still prove effective in reducing the magnitude and length of the recession and assist in recovery. It was only after US interest rates have fallen from 9.75 per cent ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... would occur after the fact, usually 'anywhere from 6 to 18 months.' The only question that needs to be resolved is the magnitude and the length of the recession. Will the quarterly contraction in real GDP reached a maximum of minus 2.7 per cent similar ...