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China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
The suspense is chillingly killing... you could almost taste it by just looking at Wall Street's performance last night. It was decidedly undecided. Two ups and two downs. The Dow and the Nasdaq both finished 0.1% on the up while the S&P 500 and the ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... looks to be applying that other super hero's principle - "the art of fighting without fighting" (Bruce Lee, "Enter the Dragon"). I don't have to explain how lower bond yields the region's highly indebted member countries to lower their debt burdens and ...

Vietnam an attractive fit for family offices

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The second largest investor in the Vietnamese stock exchange after the Vietnamese government, Dragon Capital, is to meet with 25 family offices in Sydney and Melbourne this week. This is the fund manager's third trip to Australia in five years and represents ...

Ascalon appoints new Australia head

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
Ascalon Capital Managers as (Ascalon) appointed Robert Lance as its new Australian country head. Lance will lead relationships with Ascalon's boutique partners in Australia. The news of this appointment follows a day after the announcement that Jason ...

PE firms Myanmar bound

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... the country include Leopard Capital, Cube Capital, the Indochina Opportunities Fund (a joint venture between Vietnam's Dragon Capital and private equity firm Frontier Investment & Development Partners) and Link Road Capital Management, according to Reuters ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... Irene see our 2012 future. And if the international environment progresses as it should, it'll be one good year of the dragon of a year.

So far so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... there's one thing that's certain, it's volatility. It'll be here. It won't go away. More so this year -- the "Year of the Dragon". For according to the Manila Bulletin, "The Year of the Dragon is a flowing river, not a stagnant lake... It may also bring ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... after all the battles of the previous year." Yeah right! "Placid" my rabbit's foot! Next year will be the "Year of the Dragon". A year thought to symbolise vitality, power and wealth. ==================================== Meet Ben Ong, Financial Standard's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... May 20. HONG KONG - Hong Kong's market was closed for a public holiday. SHANGHAI - The Shanghai market was closed for the Dragon Boat Festival. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket rallied after a strong performance by Wall Street on Tuesday. One ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... Index added 10.24 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 20,062.15. SHANGHAI - The Shanghai market is closed until Wednesday for the Dragon Boat Festival. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket failed to make much headway in light trading, with little company ...