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US unlikely to follow EU short selling ban

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... taxpayer-funded bail-out of the French-Belgium bank Dexia. Dexia specialised in lending money to local government authorities. The $A6 billion purchase of Dexia comes just three years after the Belgium government agreed to guarantee $A130 billion of ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... unfortunate is that financial markets have been responding positively to each whisper of hope - weakening European authorities' sense of urgency towards implementing a solution. You'll hate me for saying this but we might just need what October does ...

APRA executive appointed secretary general of Basel

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... General is also a major point of contact between the committee and other global bodies, central banks and supervisory authorities. Before joining APRA in 1998, Byres spent 13 years with the Reserve Bank of Australia, mainly in bank supervision and also ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... a negative for markets. In fact, it should be a positive if its too low," Mr Speizer said. "If that happened, the authorities in China might start stimulating the economy a bit earlier than expected."

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... Told you the strong rally in the equity markets over the past few days was bad news. It had again weakened European authorities' resolve to resolve their predicament. They've been handed more road to kick the can further.

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... gloom presently being peddled all over the place should bring a more decisive and coordinated policy response from authorities. Coincidentally, the G-20, the IMF and the World Bank are meeting over the weekend. The stage is being set for an equity market ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... instil complacency in everyone when they're positive. Add if they're negative - it galvanizes fiscal and monetary authorities' determination into taking counter-cyclical policy actions -- that puts a floor under economic growth - and spooks the bejeesus ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... fall down just like the tulip bulbs. "It's a great hedge but if you want to get paid in the currency of these taxing authorities such as US or Europe, you are really in trouble because if they becomes worthless, no one will have the currency to pay you." ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... the mood. Unlike the days of the global financial crisis when there was general agreement from fiscal and monetary authorities that something - anything - must be done to stop the rot, what we're witnessing this time is stimulus fatigue and clamour for ...