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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 ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... dig holes and another to fill them. Whose economic theory will reign supreme? Smith's, Friedman's, Keynes'? Given the magnitude of the financial market mess we are all in, perhaps we need all three, and then some.

Fed on Zero Interest Rate Policy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... form of big interest rates reductions - in the order of say 50-100 basis points each time - might assist reducing the magnitude and length of the coming recession, if not a 1930s-style depression. The RBA may indeed cut interest rates by 50 basis points ...

Westpac FP turns to experience

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... to attract more experienced financial planners started two years ago with the launch of its Partnership Program and Magnitude business. Westpac Financial Planning is BT Financial Group's advice business.

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... billion in three quarters. CEO Robert Willumstad said AIG may need to raise additional capital and indicated that the magnitude of further losses will depend on the performance of the US housing market. It looks like AIG might be up for more bad news ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... as mortgage financing dries up at the same time as foreclosed homes are being liquidated. The uncertainty about the magnitude of more credit-related losses, which are likely to affect the health of the US economy and those around the world, has come ...

Magnitude appoints chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... NSW head of advice, Sean Allen has been appointed chief executive of BT Financial Group's financial advice business, Magnitude Financial Planning. Allen previously held a number of senior roles at HSBC, Commonwealth Bank and Colonial and worked with ...

Spiers heads BT advice business

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
BT Financial Group has appointed Mark Spiers, chief executive of Magnitude financial planning - BT's external financial planning arm - to general manager, advice, for the Westpac/BT Financial Group. Spiers' appointment follows the recent move by Sally ...

ING IM and Credit Agricole win $1.1b Philippine mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... considered itself a "novice in this kind of venture." "This will be the first time for the GSIS to invest abroad at this magnitude. We still do not have the necessary technical expertise to provide good asset allocation consisting of global instruments," ...

K2 to tread lightly in 2008

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... their realisation of losses from the US sub-prime fallout. "The broader issue [with the sub-prime crisis] is gauging the magnitude and duration of the slowdown in America, and how it is going to impact the earnings of sectors that haven't been badly ...