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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... further leads to what's happening in Europe and the United States." Market players were mulling over a potential further round of economic stimulus from the US Federal Reserve after a two-day meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee concluded on ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... Federal Reserve's monetary policy deliberations. Bloomberg reports that, "The Federal Reserve is likely to announce a third round of bond purchases tomorrow, according to almost two-thirds of economists in a Bloomberg survey, while also extending the ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... China and a deteriorating Japan are taking their toll on South Korea. South Korea's government yesterday unveiled a new round of fiscal stimulus measures worth around 5.9 trillion won (US$5.2 bil) to prop up its export-dependent economy - a top up from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... per cent). Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan the prospect of the US Federal Reserve announcing a further round of economic stimulus later this week, on top of similar measures already unveiled by the European Central Bank (ECB) last week ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after more weak Chinese manufacturing data fuelled hopes for a fresh round of monetary easing by Beijing. The downbeat figures out of China added to expectations of more stimulus measures in the United ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... $US1.2373 from $US1.2401 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly climbed, with hopes rising for a new round of stimulus from the US and European central banks, but profit-taking reversed earlier gains in Hong Kong. Standard Chartered's ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... something for everyone in the latest US jobs stats. It's gaining strength... but not strong enough to prevent another round of speculation that the Fed will QE - maybe in September. It was the same for the ECB. As it turned out, hope isn't completely ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... England, the Peoples Bank of China and the European Xentral Bank's stimulation spree, I ventured that, "these latest round of policy initiatives - and last week's EU "breakthrough" agreement -- only confirms my view that fiscal and monetary (and political) ...

"Bad apples" slipping through the cracks: ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... robust," he said. A discussion paper on reference checking is in the works, and will be released soon. After an initial round of risk-based surveillance was introduced in 2009, Coates said that the next phase was well underway - and would now be placing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... release of meeting minutes by the US Federal Reserve overnight disappointed traders hoping for an indication that another round of quantitative easing was on the way. European markets were fixed amid the announcement of austerity measures in Spain. The ...