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Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... American goods and roils financial markets." Here's what Fed officials are publicly thinking (from Bloomberg): Richmond Fed President Lacker (May 26): The "most likely outcome" from Europe for the U.S. economy is shaving "a tenth or two off my growth ...

US Commission subpoenas Goldman Sachs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
Goldman Sachs, which is currently under SEC investigation, has been issued a subpoena by the US Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission this month. According to a press statement from the Commission, Goldman Sachs failed to comply with a request for documents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... element in resurrecting its economy - in the face of opposition from unions. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Europe to urgently speed up efforts to regulate financial markets, particularly crack down on ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... because it is within the range of expectations? While you ponder these questions, I leave you with a statement made by President Obama just yesterday, "We expect to see strong jobs growth in Friday's report. This economy is getting stronger by the day." ...

Changing of the guard at Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... managers looking to do business with Asian sovereign fund Temasek will need to woo new leaders at the firm namely the new president and the new head of portfolio management announced last week. Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara has been appointed head of portfolio ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... the major markets for investing China's exchange reserves." And in case financial markets dismiss this, Gao Xiqing, President of China Investment Corp. followed up with, "We will keep our allocation in Europe. For a while our people were debating whether ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... Beijing urging China to reduce its trade barriers and allow the yuan to appreciate. "You must be dreaming," was Chinese President Hu Jintao's response. OK, maybe not in those words but you get the picture. I don't think Timmy was serious with his request ...

GESB hires two investment strategists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... Previously, she was assistant portfolio manager for MGPA in Hong Kong and other roles include associate and assistant vice president for Citigroup Property Investors in Hong Kong and London. Budiselik holds a bachelor of economics from the University ...

RBC appoints Asia Pac execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... Amanda Lowe and Winston Quek, to its global FX team in the Asia-Pacific region. Lowe joins RBC Capital Markets as vice president and will be based in Sydney, focusing on real money and pension funds in Australia. Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets ...

CalPERS reprimands board member

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... Political Practices Commission. "Ms Mathur's serious lapses of her responsibility warrants this action," said Rob Feckner, president of the CalPERS Board in a statement. Mathur is serving her second term on the Board of Administration representing public ...