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Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... of 2008? Of course you do, else you wouldn't be feeling like a scaredy cat at this very moment. On 13 September 2008, Reuters ran the headline, "Fed's options limited if Lehman talks fail". And then there was, "Dollar Vulnerable As Fed Options Limited ...

Nothing happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... Retreat Amid Dell's Decline, Comments From Fed Officials" to know why. But in case, you didn't get it first time, here's Reuters' headline: "US stocks falter, Treasuries, Swiss franc gain." Not clear enough, here's a paragraph from 'BusinessDay with ...

SimCorp appoints new head of sales in Asia

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... years with prior experience in the finance and software sector. He held former senior roles with Wells Fargo, Thomson Reuters, ABN Amro, Sophis and Calypso. "I'm extremely pleased to be joining SimCorp and continuing my commitment to this business during ...

Rates rise in Italy while Cypriot pension funds withdraw cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... sovereign debt crisis. The yield on 10-year Italian BTP bonds has risen to 6.26 per cent, the highest level since 1997, Reuters has reported. Funding costs have risen for Italian banks thanks to the rising yields, driven up by fears that Italy will be ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... with growth of only 0.1% annualised. And if sentiment is anything to go by, they're still loath to spend. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 63.7 in July -- to the lowest level since March 2009 -- from 71.5 in ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... Dems and the Reps could not see eye to eye. Now reports tell the story of Reps not agreeing among themselves. This from Reuters: "It was unclear whether the deficit reduction bill presented by House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican ...

ASIC jobs cut as responsibilities rise

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... of dark pools and newcomer Chi-X. It has hired 35 staff from the ASX for this purpose, ASIC said. A report by Thomson-Reuters noted that ASIC would be hampered by risks and potential costs from instigating civil penalty proceedings against those who ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... So now equity investors have finally taken notice of earnings. "Wall Street up on profits, Apple surges late," beamed Reuters' headline. Oh yes, Virginia, Wall Street was not only up - it was up big time. Both the Dow and the S&P500 gained 1.6% overnight ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) long running view - that all is and would be well in Chinatown. Here's the blurb from Reuters: "The 25-basis-point increase in lending and deposit rates underscored China's quiet confidence that the world's second-biggest ...

Sunsuper awards $700m mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... Meanwhile, Sunsuper has appointed Monica Vu as an international equities portfolio analyst. Vu was formerly with Thomson Reuters.