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How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." These words from Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities, have again been brought to life by two opposing monetary prescriptions by two central banks - further interest rate hikes for the ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... rates jacked up again today. Might because financial markets are still of two minds on whether the RBA will hike rates today. Yes, because of the overheating housing market. No, because of the surprising 1.4 per cent drop in February retail sales. Yes ...

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... index rose during the month. The same argument could be said of the ADP/Macroeconomic Advisers private employment report. Yes, it disappointed market expectations but the March figure also represents the smallest decline since January 2008 - an indication ...

NAB a step closer to buying AXA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
National Australia Bank has reached binding terms with French company AXA and AXA Asia Pacific to buy the firms' Australian and New Zealand businesses for $4.6 billion. According to a press statement released yesterday, the deal includes a proposal ...

Iffy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... jobs for March. The positive trend in US employment will remain intact even if the March stats show that only one person - yes one - found work this month. But then again, financial markets will be disappointed if they don't get their 200K wish.

Can an outsider transform ipac financial planning?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... better [vision] to talk about trebling the number of people that you can offer ipac advice to than have targets around profits. Yes, we have multiple stakeholders to answer to but we do care about giving people advice. That's what we're here for," said ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... conviction of Chinese-born Australian citizen Stern Hu (head of Rio Tinto's Shanghai office) and three of his Rio Tinto colleagues. Yes, the world watched... and watched... and watched. The world watched China "kill a chicken to scare the monkey". The ...

Transurban deal off Future Fund table

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has terminated discussions with two Canadian pension funds on buying Transurban. The Future Fund Board of Guardians released a statement yesterday, stating it has "terminated discussions with the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." (Jaws 2) Yes, Virginia...just when financial markets looked like they're finally getting used to the idea that Greece - for all its foibles - would not be left in ruins, Fitch comes along ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... prices add to Australian disposable income adds to spending, adds to economic growth. And Greece? That's Europe's problem. Yes but. But what? Australia survived the global financial crisis...it would survive Greece. And I repeat, the European Union would ...