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Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... hence do not, in my view, warrant any substantial shift in the stance of monetary policy." It was the same tune that President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York William Dudley sang in Tokyo, telling his audience that the US central bank "shouldn't ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... the ECB Governing Council's decision - and the litany of uncertainties still plaguing the global economy - the bank's president Jean-Claude Trichet had a lot of explaining to do. And explained he did. "The adjustment of the current very accommodative ...

iShares appoints vice presidents to new roles

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... made senior appointments to its institutional distribution and capital markets teams. Campbell MacPherson joins as vice president and business development manager, while Gonzalo Biassini becomes vice president of iShares' product and capital markets ...

AFA prep advisers for FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... against so-called reforms which actually run counter to the consumer's best interests," said Brad Fox, AFA national president, in a statement. "We firmly believe that any reforms that make it more difficult to access advice in relation to building and ...

Accounting group hires 'transformer'

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Accounting firm WHK Group has hired a senior vice president from global software firm SAP to take over from managing director Kevin White who will leave at the end of June. John Lombard will start work with Australasia's fifth largest accounting firm ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... is the Ivory Coast, the world's major supplier of cocoa. In the Middle East, the US is seeking the removal of Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh, while deadly protests have rocked Oman. Oman's sovereign wealth fund, the State General Reserve Fund of ...

Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
It's a wrap. The first quarter of 2011 is officially ended and it's another victory for the bulls. And that's no bull. Here's a pop question. As an investor what would you do if on 31 December 2010, you were given a list of all the events that will ...

JMK rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... This isn't the only good news. Remember TARP? Yes, the Troubled Asset Relief Program that was autographed into law by President Bush Junior on 3 October 2008 to bailout America's "troubled" banks and financial institutions at the height of the GFC. Turns ...

Super funds to disclose pay, raise board governance: AIST

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... interests of members; Boards must strive for a minimum of 40 per cent of directors of each gender. Gerard Noonan, AIST president, said the framework was developed in response to the Government's recommendation for an industry code. "There is much more ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... maintaining its quantitative easing program. Juts last night, Bloomberg reported that Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans believes that, "Despite recent improvements to the outlook, we are not yet at that point" when "a change in ...