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SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... neighbour, the European Central Bank (ECB), that one week for now it'll be setting QE a-sail. We know what this means, ey Virginia? There'll be greater downward pressure on the euro. Or seen another way, upward pressure on the Swiss franc which, in turn ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... in several large emerging markets may be a symptom of deeper structural weaknesses." Oh-em-gee! We're in trouble now Virginia, big trouble. That's if - and it's a big IF - the WB crystal ball gets it right this time. This time last year, the WB's World ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
"Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, Right down Santa Claus lane..." "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." (The New York Sun, 21 Sep 1897). It's hard to believe too given the depressing headlines about oil's slide (and more to follow) ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... there's no stopping these central banks from doing so. Perhaps, the Fed and the BOE may even join the allied forces. Yes Virginia, it's turning out to be a fight between the central banks - lifting demand - and the OPEC cartel drowning their competition ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... and 3.1% over the year. We should be shouting and singing glory, glory hallelujah and dancing the macarena. But nah, Virginia. In keeping up with our whinging, Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist, Saul Eslake, threw the media a bone and now ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... showed the S&P 500 index bobbing up 0.2% on both sides of zero last night before closing minus 0.1% down. Must be vertigo Virginia. You'll feel the same way too if you're way high enough to touch the sky. Economic growth of 3.9% would be a considered ...

Minute slip on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... the lines and come up with a rant 10-15 minutes after it's been published - you'll say stuff it too. Simply stupid. Yes Virginia, for how can you reconcile these with the Fed's 29 October decision to go ahead and kill QE? And then, there's the bad news ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
One month's tick up in a single index is all it took for euro area financial markets to go loco. Yes Virginia, they've gone loco over reports that economic sentiment in the region's locomotive - Germany -- rebounded (big time) in November after falling ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... president Barrack Obama at the APEC summit or his handshake connect with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe? Ahh yes, Virginia, you know where I'm going with this don't you? It's the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect. We've been waiting for this since ...

Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... expectations appear to be rising on the whole". Ergo... don't expect another stimulus anytime soon. Thank goodness you and I, Virginia, weren't tricked - we warned a repeat of the slowdown into recession when the consumption tax rate was raised from ...

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Three people will go to prison after pleading guilty to defrauding the COVID-19 early release of superannuation scheme for $103,500.

Super funds slash external mandates by 54%

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ASIC commissioner Simone Constant delivered a stern warning to super fund trustees.

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Brookfield and its institutional partners have lobbed a bid to acquire a 53% majority stake in French renewable energy company Neoen.

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