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Goldman Sachs defends reputation after scathing NY Times op-ed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Global investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has hit back at the views of former executive director Greg Smith, who slammed the firm in a strongly worded resignation letter published in the New York Times. The former head of US equities in Europe ...

Senate committee gives FOFA green light

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee has released its report on the future of financial advice bill recommending passage subject to nine recommendations. The report was tabled in Parliament yesterday, with the House of Representatives debate due ...

ETFs have proved their worth in crisis: iShares

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
As three new fixed income ETFs were launched on the ASX yesterday, iShares referred to trading patterns during the height of the GFC to demonstrate the products' liquidity and durability. iShares yesterday launched three products tracking the UBS Composite ...

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... The general thrust of cyber reports were that equities and commodities traded with a negative bias because China is slowing. Yes, they took extra care to impress on us all that it was only a softer tone. Really? Wall Street closed higher, European stocks ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... gents, is coming in the nick of time for Australia. It's coming just when our economic scorecard is not doing that flash. Yes, you've already seen this last week. Real GDP slowed to just 0.4% in the fourth quarter (half of the 0.8% growth in the previous ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... brought home one realisation - Greece still matters. The sell on 'no swap' buy on 'swap' trades made this all the more apparent. Yes, Virgie, we can close our eyes, ears and noses and pretend that it's been banished to oblivion, but we're still in the ...

Forum: Women Driving Change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
Gender quotas may be an uncomfortable prospect for the current generation, but they offer potential to fast track the remedy of gender imbalance in senior corporate positions for subsequent generations. That was a key message derived from yesterday's ...

Second exposure draft on IMR laws released

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
A revised draft of the Investment Manager Regime legislation has been released, following stakeholder feedback on the initial proposals designed to alleviate perceived tax disincentives on foreign managed funds investing in Australia. The Government ...

Good memories

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... Yesterday the buy button was put on ice as investors were reminded of the challenges that lie ahead in the global economy - yes, reminded because everyone and his dog already knew these, even before 2011 became 2012. But today is another day, Virginia. ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... say and while you're at it, throw in the spike in oil prices resulting from the on-going instability in the Middle East - yes, the one in Syria and the nuclear sabre-rattling between Iran and Israel (and the US). And voila! We get a sharp sell-off on ...