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Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... Federal Reserve would be drip-feeding US$75 billion into the financial system every month for the next eight months. Good. Yes, good. That takes care of America's problem with the threat of deflation and the millions of Americans who are still looking ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
"...the United States has no better friend than Australia." This was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressing young Australians at the University of Melbourne yesterday. Her statement was made in the context of America and Australia's unbending ...

Net tightens around share trading: ASIC

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The financial services watchdog, which yesterday released a consultation package on a new regulatory framework for the shares market, said it is "well-prepared" to start regulating multi-market activity, while boosting competition in equity exchange ...

Fundies face tough ASIC scrutiny

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
ASIC released a new consultation paper yesterday seeking industry feedback on whether fund managers should be subject to the same rules that regulate stockbrokers when trading in share markets. This could see fund managers face tougher penalties if ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten has put himself and the government on a collision course with the union movement following repeated statements that the SG increase will not be funded by employers but by employees. Speaking yesterday at the OECD/IOPS ...

QE2 is Gold(ilocks)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... soon. Try asking banks to lend to them at very low interest rates. Try, try, try. Bubble. Seen those asset prices lately? Yes, they've gone up. Commodity prices are up, equity markets are up, bond markets are up. Cheap money (even cheaper now with the ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
"Well, it's a three step process. First, you think I'm going left. But I don't. So now you're thinking, am I going to go right or even confuse him by going left. So I go left again. Now you think I'm finally gonna go right but what I'm really gonna ...

KKR bid signals more M&A in wealth mgmt

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' takeover bid for Perpetual is an endorsement of the health of Australia's wealth management industry - and reinforces the appeal of the sector to global investors, says the chief executive of BT Investment Management. Emilio ...

Goldilocks QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... in the House of Congress to turn into a minority. If this happens, fiscal policy direction could also alter significantly. Yes, we can! Obama could become Uhm, I thought we could! Obama. The of course, next week will bring what financial markets have ...

AFS deal falls, two new prospects emerge

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Dealer group Australian Financial Services' negotiations with a prospective purchaser have fallen apart - but there are two new interested parties, said the group's chief executive, Peter Daly. In what were already quiet negotiation process, the unnamed ...