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RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
"It was an art and act I came to perfect. It was part of my armoury. I felt if my opponent didn't know what I was thinking then I was invincible." Bjorn Borg The Australian Open might be finished but yesterday we had the RBA mixing its play to win game ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Yes, we all live in a global community thanks to the web, but according to new research, where you live physically makes a big difference to your retirement savings. New research from consulting giant Towers Watson found that working in Paris, Tokyo ...

IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Fiscal pressures due to Australia's ageing population outlined in the latest Intergenerational Report strengthen the case for health reform, tax reform, national productivity growth targets and the removal of the compulsory retirement age. Yesterday ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... ready to sail any ocean Suddenly I don't need the answers Cos I, I'm ready to take all my chances..." -Olivia Newton John Yes, Olivia (sorry Virginia) suddenly the 'jitters of January' appears to have suddenly went puff. China? Greece and the rest of ...

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... alike were worried about China, State of the Union, Bernanke and US GDP. What were the results? China's 'fine-tuning' (again, yes fine-tuning) of its economy sparked fears that an economic slowdown there would pull the rest of the world down. But hear ...

ASIC power boost could trigger witch-hunts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Some investment experts worry the government's plans to increase ASIC's investigative powers could spark industry witch-hunts. Indy Singh, managing director of Fiducian, said the government has to tread carefully when increasing ASIC's powers and assure ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Yes we can! One more time, Yes we can! Obama has spoken and Wall Street saw that it was good. Despite rising criticism of his presidency and falling popularity, you can't help but be roused by the man when you listen to him speak with his distinct rhetorical ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... edged ever since Obama and the Democrats met their Waterloo in Massachusetts. Sure, there's also China - and it's fine tuning (yes, fine-tuning, not tightening) and there are the PIGIS' (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Spain) debt problem for the Eurozone. ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
We knew 2010 would be challenging, but not this way. Not like this. Yes Virginia, we agreed that 2010 would be challenging. We thought it would be challenging because America would experience turtle-paced economic growth at best. We thought it would ...

Room for Russia in BRIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... big consumer population who still don't have mortgages and the shift to the middle class is now just happening," he said. "Yes, 2008 was a very bad experience... there was a lot of poor corporate governance so, if you like, the risk premium has gone ...