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Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
I wonder if anyone noticed that there was a G-20 meeting held over the weekend. Yes, there was! Honest. Am sure many have heard of the meeting in Paris where the world's 20 most powerful heads talked to discuss the collective economic and financial ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... their wounds. But the financial world knows the grizzlies are beat when Dr. Gloom and Doom himself raises the white flag. Yes, Virginia, this is no bull (pun definitely intended), in a CNBC interview, Dr. Nouriel Roubini announced his tranformation into ...

Grass greener for local bourse without SGX

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Shareholders and clients of the Australian Stock Exchange will be worse off on many counts if the deal with the Singapore Stock Exchange goes through, despite the concessions announced yesterday, experts warned. Professor Peter Swan from the School ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... revolution - that in Philippines in 1986 - that toppled the 20-year authoritarian rule of our very own strongman Ferdinand Marcos. Yes, I was brave enough to stand in front of a tank, I was fighting for democracy in the country ((although like many of ...

ASIC retains key role as fin planning regulator: Shorten

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will retain its role as sole regulator for the financial planning industry but will work with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to maintain standards in tax advice. The Treasury released its ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... session just a tad (0.1 per cent) higher. It was hilarious reading the almost "real-time" read on The Street this morning. Yes, I was up that early and early trading was bad. Then, the general theme of analysis was that the bond market did it and/or ...

AFA promotes Make A Plan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers gives its younger adviser network an update on the association's initiatives, including the Make A Plan campaign, at the GenXt Roadshow in Sydney yesterday. Speaking at the event, chief executive Richard Klipin ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market was flat at noon on Thursday, with only slight gains and losses across the board. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.4 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,907.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... There's really nothing new in his testimony, just a rehash of his 26 January one. Yup, it's the same old, same old stuff that yes the economy is growing (read, my QE is working) but still not enough to produce significant job creation and that "the unemployment ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011