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Out with the new old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... private capital. Either Wall Street is already inured to bad news or the IMF has plainly lost its credibility. How many times since 2007 had the international body changed its forecast? I don't know, I stopped counting at four. The first time I remember ...

Taking a breather

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... old news. The good news. Bank of America beat earnings forecasts as it reported a 44-cent gain in the first quarter - 11 times more than expectations for a 4-cent outcome. Eli Lilly and Halliburton also beat estimates. The still-to-be news. Yesterday ...

Best of the best at Securitor

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... to what would be considered best practice, according to Securitor. "All our winners show that even during tough economic times, advisers can and should achieve the highest compliance ratings." "What makes such excellence and industry leadership so significant ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Whoa boy! Take it easy. How many times have we been admonished by our elders to chew our food slowly right in the middle of chomping down a big chunk of that juicy, tender, savoury steak? Not once, not twice but many, many times. Because it is the me ...

Fiji Reserve Bank imposes credit controls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... Institute said the new restrictions on commercial banking in Fiji were made in the best interest of the Fiji economy. "In times of extreme crisis it is not unusual for a developing country to do this kind of thing," said Hayward. As many as half of Fiji's ...

Fee-for-service cuts planner revenue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... it sends poor signals to their clients. "How do [advisers] tell [their] clients that [they were] happy to share the good times with them, but now that the market has dropped in value [they] can't handle the pain?," explained Viskovic. Reinforcing these ...

HFA regains Lonsec rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... ability to maximise returns in line with overall markets during a bull market while preserving capital during the tough times is at the heart of absolute return investing," said Oscar Martinis, HFA Asset Management managing director. "This stability ...

Global debt volumes jump one-third

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... South Korea, 59 in China and 54 in India. While India and China had almost the same number of issues, China raised three times as much at $US 18 billion compared to India's $US 6 billion. The US is responsible for 33 per cent of world issuances this ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... first quarter - more than twice market expectations - provided the cream. And the cherry on top of the cream? The New York Times reported that large banks are passing the US government's stress tests indicating that the financial system are healthier ...

Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... was at 5.6 per cent unemployment! Go figure. As you sit in front of your Easter feast this Sunday, consider this. While times remain tough, there are emerging indications that the worse may be behind us. Sure lagging indicators such as employment will ...