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China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... by the global financial crisis has knocked out the economies of the United States, the Eurozone, Japan and the United Kingdom to name a few. By its sheer size and ongoing industrialisation and urbanisation, China was widely expected to withstand these ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... real and that their stockings remain filled with toxic debts. This week the central banks of the Eurozone, the United Kingdom and Australia will meet to deliberate on monetary policy settings for their respective economies. Given the persistent and worsening ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... continue to slow in the coming months. This is not surprising given that the big economies of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Eurozone and Japan are on the precipice of a recession. In addition, even China is feeling the pinch. Slower economic ...

Mine's bigger than yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... cent. Partial fourth quarter indicators and anecdotal evidences suggest that further weakness lie ahead for the United Kingdom. This implies that interest rates there are set to fall further. When this happens, particularly when the BoE's policy rate ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... contrasts with market expectations for a recession in the economies of the United States, Japan, the Eurozone and the United Kingdom, among others. But despite this benign forecast for Australia, there is still a risk that into a recession the country ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

... fund managers even bother with country allocations? Note that Australia also has a strong correlation with the United Kingdom's FTSE-100 and the Eurozone's stockmarket. The US is used as an example because it commands the biggest amount of funds Australian ...

CFS GAM rides $1bn infra wave

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... now grown our infrastructure investment team to include more than 40 dedicated professionals in Australia, the United Kingdom and Asia." However, some investing in infrastructure does present its own list of issues, O'Leary said. "The biggest challenge ...

SEQUAL appoints first chief

... Equity Release Code of Proper Process, which he developed in conjunction with the Council of Mortgage Lenders in the United Kingdom. Conlon's appointment as CEO will start on 1 July 2008, expanding SEQUAL's management team capacity with Dell remaining ...

Ryan joins Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... to Sydney. Fidelity is a financial services and investment resources firm with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia and Japan.

Lehman Brothers banks on natural resources

... managing director of investment banking. Prior to joining Lehman, Treacy worked for over 10 years at JP Morgan in the United Kingdom and Australia, where he was most recently head of natural resources for Australia and New Zealand. Treacy is the latest ...