Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 281 - 290 of 477 results for "Reuters"

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... up bond purchases. Think, I've been saying this since three months ago? But the news was even better than I predicted, Reuters reports that the US would back increasing the European Financial Stability Facility through the IMF. Three: The US economy ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... claims stat. But it gains positive meaning when combined with other US data out overnight. The University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment index rose to a better-than-forecast 71.6 in November from 67.7 in October. This is the highest reading since ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... Commodities Slide on China Concern; Treasuries Tumble" - Bloomberg.com. "US shares drop on China inflation worries" - Reuters via the age.com.au Yes folks, it's over cyberspace. Wall Street dropped big time at the end of last week's New York trade because... ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... Just two days ago, I wrote about St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller interview with Reuters and from his statement concluded that: "The Fed meets eight times a year. Eight "inter" between meetings times US$250 billion ...

QE2 still the main game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... currency. And then we have the grand daddy of them all. QE2. Yes, print more of the green stuff. In an interview with Reuters, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller said that, "There's a lot of credibility to it that ...

Fed bearing gift of QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... a year ago, which would represent a fourth straight quarter of year-over-year earnings increases, according to Thomson Reuters data." And then there's China. The country's foreign exchange reserves soared by a record US$194 billion to US$2.65 trillion ...

RBC Dexia appoints new Hong Kong MD

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... our business goals and clients in Asia and around the world," said Tony Johnson, global head, sales and distribution. Reuters moves from his previous role as RBC Dexia's director of sales in Canada. Formerly with First Data Merchant Services, Reuter ...

TAAM attracts top Asia guns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... firm's flagship Target Asia Fund returned an annualised 17.4 per cent since inception in September 1996, according to a Reuters report. It beat the 3.1 per cent average yearly gain in the MSCI ex-Japan index over the same timeframe. Meanwhile, TAAM also ...

CERTITUDE appoints head of distrib

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... sales and distributions positions with Credit Suisse and MillhouseIAG in addition to 18 years in various senior roles with Reuters Group. On July 12 HFA Asset Management, the Australian-based subsidiary of HFA Holdings Limited, announced that it was ...

More wealth mgmt on web

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... how their investments are faring, said a finance technology expert. Barbara Cooke, communications director at Thomson Reuters, told the attendees of last week's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium how they are tailoring their strategies to the way people are ...