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Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Yes we can! And again, Yes we can! In trying to make this slogan come true, US President Barack Obama has taken the concept of moral hazard from Wall Street to Main Street. Just one day after he signed his autograph on a piece of paper turning the US$787 ...

Boutiques wary of automated systems

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... boutiques are still sitting on the fence with jumping on board. According to Tim Hamer, commercial manager, funds at tech firm SWIFT, Australia's funds management industry believes that the automation - particularly in the areas of processing and information ...

FPA heads to eye of Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... get a result until the beginning of June. "You need to have processes in place when things do go wrong and we will take swift action. That is the message to all members so that clients of financial planners know we're working in their interests," said ...

Oil up, equities down: Feng Shui Index

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... hard for our pennies during this year. However, there'll be some terrific money making opportunities for the sage and the swift." Feng Shui is a traditional Chinese system that uses astrology and geography to promote prosperity. It's more commonly seen ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... expected to consider Obama's $825 billion economic stimulus plan this week. Democratic congressional leaders are pushing for swift passage of the measure before the February 16 recess to try to pull the country out of a deepening recession. LONDON - ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... rampant growth by withdrawing subsidies in many of the country's industries. Now China got what it wished for. This shows the swift result that could be achieved with a centrally planned economy. Dare to go against the powers that be and it's off with ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... remaking America. For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... Services after the information technology provider's co-founder Ramalinga Raju was discovered cooking the books. Robert Swift, BT Investment Management head of multi strategies, said the scandal had damaged the reputation of India's IT industry and the ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Flight to safety? Really? Fears about the economic outlook and a helping hand from the US Federal Reserve has pushed up the US bond market over the past few months. Fresh signs that the American economic recession is deepening - and so is the world's ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Wall Street celebrates Thanksgiving Day today - a 400-year tradition celebrated by Americans commemorating the pilgrims' gratitude for a bountiful harvest. Given the way the global economies are shaping up, Thanksgiving 2008 offers only patchy harvests. ...