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OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... European Central Bank President Mario Draghi announced the technical framework of his Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) programme on 6 September last year. The programme is aimed at removing the tail risk around the European sovereign debt crisis ...

The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... money rather than tanks and exploding rockets - is of course the US Federal Reserve's vote on its quantitative easing programme. It's still about two weeks away -- the Fed commander and his generals meet on the 17th and18th of this month - but tonight's ...

Curve ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013

NZ Super takes stand on nuclear weapons

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (New Zealand Super) has sold its holdings in a group of nuclear base operators because they have become involved with upgrading or modifying nuclear explosive devices. Publicly listed companies Babcock & Wilcox, Fluor ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Australian stocks were marginally weaker at noon as a fall in the Australian dollar encourages investors to sell banking shares. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said offshore selling of high-yielding stocks continued as the Australian dollar ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The Australian share market is set for a relatively flat start despite Wall Street's rise to a new record high. Strong gains in US home prices and consumer confidence pushed the the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 15,409.39, its highest ever level. ...

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... short-lived...but this latest round of foot-shooting could have a longer lifespan. The BOJ now faces a real paradox. Its bond buying programme - aimed at keeping bond yields down and achieving 2% inflation within two years - has just been flipped upside ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... took interest rates to an all-time low of 0.50%. It could be due to Super Mario's Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) programme that's designed to eliminate the tail risk from the market. It could be both. Yes they are working! Just look at the drop ...

A long two-month wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013

Principal Global Investors nabs leadership awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
Principal Global Investors (PGI) has been awarded two 2013 Pension Fund Perception Programme Awards. The awards are given out by Investments & Pensions Europe (IPE) magazine and recognise asset managers rated highest by their pension fund clients. The ...