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Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... about taking care of the numerator (deficit) and the denominator (GDP) at the same time? Perhaps European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso was thinking the same thing last week when he called on euro member nations who "have fiscal space available" ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." (George W. Bush) Ok, stop giggling now, we all know what the former US President was trying to say. This 'Bushism' - one of many - came to mind as I watched the financial markets' positive reaction to the ...

New emerging markets fund earns super mandates

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... creating mis-pricing opportunities, especially with small capitalisation companies," said Paul O'Halloran, senior vice president, Neuberger Berman, Australia. The fund will take a bottom-up research driven approach focusing on high return but undervalued ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... report. Shares in Hewlett Packard fell 2.1 per cent after the struggling firm named former eBay chief Meg Whitman its new president and chief executive officer, replacing Leo Apotheker. The bounceback came despite a tepid view of policymakers' responses ...

US adviser fiduciary rule stalls

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... deal of definition and clarity that we believe had a number of unintended consequences," Ken Bentsen, executive vice president of public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, told the New York Times. Problems ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Twisted! This was Wall Street's reaction to the US Federal Reserve's remake of the 1961 version of US President John F. Kennedy and the then Fed's attempt to salvage America. The major US equity indices fell big time - the Dow closed 2.5% off, the S&P ...

Equity based strategies hedge fund winners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... make for all investors, local and offshore, seeking additional sources of diversified returns," said AIMA Australia President Kim Ivey at last night's awards dinner. "Australian hedge fund managers continue to benefit from a growing interest in alternative ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... approximately three months covering the end of the year." As they should... for we're all in this together. As World Bank president Robert Zoellick stated only yesterday, "The time for muddling through is over. If we do not get ahead of events; if we ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... default, triggering a potential breakup of the eurozone, have roiled global stock markets in recent weeks. But French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced confidence on Wednesday that Greece would remain in the eurozone ...

Brand fit for a boardroom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... media commentator Jeff Lack, and celebrity trainer and wellbeing expert Blake Worrall-Thompson. Melissa Marzulli, WiBF president, said WiBF's aim is to support the professional development of women in the industry. "The Future Leaders series provides ...