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Still a guessing game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... policymakers are forced to enact counter-measures as they did last year and the year before. It doesn't help that news services - yes, those we count on to provide us with info to help us decide whether to buy, hold or sell - are also confused. News ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Stop looking. There are no ifs, no ands, no ors, and no buts to find, it's getting ugly out there. Oh yes Virginia, the combed over look ugly as events and indicators of the past week suggest that we are coming into, if not already in, a perfect storm. ...

APRA releases final form prudential standards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released a set of prudential standards in final form, and a response paper as part of its review of capital standards for general and life insurers. The aims of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's ...

ASIC sets sights on dark pools

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is exploring a range of alternatives to encourage dark pool participants to first trade on the lit market, issuing draft rules in June to propose requirements for demonstrated price improvement in ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... unresolved, I was so, so WROng in wishing and hoping and praying that the optimism we've seen over the past few days would continue. Yes Virginia, we got volatility all right but the optimism didn't last. Wall Street and European equities gave back the ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... markets' performance over the past 24 hours will make a believer out of ya'll. Forget Europe, China's coming to the rescue. Yes folks, this is how it all began. Asia took pole position as investors closed their eyes and ears on the still evolving events ...

Lazard faces losses on Hastie collapse

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Private equity firm Lazard is among the Hastie Group creditors facing potential losses, after the engineering firm yesterday entered voluntary administration and operations were suspended. Lazard invested in the firm last year as part of a $160 million ...

Show me the stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Think somebody forgot to remind the Australian stock market that we're still in May. Sell, sell, sell in May remember? The All Ordinaries index jumped just a few points shy of a full percent yesterday despite a negative lead in the final day of trading ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... accessing capital markets with only the very brave buying their debt issuances. And it's not just this. Remember, Bankia? Yes, Spain's second largest mortgage lender and fourth largest bank. The one the government rescued with a a,-4.5 billion injection ...

Managers confident on value as China PMI contracts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
The latest figures on Chinese manufacturing show a contraction for the seventh consecutive month, although investment managers remain confident. HSBC's purchasing managers index (PMI) yesterday indicated factory output fell from 49.3 in April to 48.7 ...