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China trip provides first-hand insights

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
While China's economic power is undisputed, misconceptions are still prevalent when it comes to investments, said Premium China Funds Management. The reality on the ground has improved dramatically since China opened up to foreign investment, said Jonathan ...

Arena appoints new chair

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Arena Investment Management (Arena) today announced that David Ross has been appointed to the Arena Board as Chairman in a non-executive director capacity to complete the Arena board restructure. Ross brings extensive experience in the real estate and ...

TAL Direct appoints marketing head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
TAL Direct, a division of life insurance company TAL (formerly known as TOWER Australia), has appointed Dave Hunt as chief marketing officer. Hunt brings over a decade's experience at the executive level and led significant brand turnarounds such as ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... go a-begging... yet. Not without committing political hara-kiri. Contrast this with his interview with the Wall Street Journal last 26 September - yes, it was only last week. When asked whether he'll ask for a bailout, Rajoy replied, "I can assure you ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... production decline in the US, the European Union and Asia" (mainly, China, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan). Just ask the Wall Street Journal. It printed that Spain would miss its budget targets - yes, target with an s. According to WSJ, it re-stated it 2011 ...

NFL dispute over 401(k) touches down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... more money in officiating as long as it assures long-term improvement," lawyers representing the NFL told The Wall Street Journal. NFL referee salaries, currently at about $150,000 pa, will also progressively increase to $200,000 by 2018 when a new contract ...

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... folks, he was at it again last night. Non-voting FOMC member and Philly Fed president Charles Plosser told the Wall Street Journal about his doubts over the Fed's latest move and that, "I don't think we will be in a much different position than what ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... triggered mass demonstrations in the debt-stricken country. Spanish Prime Mariano Rajoy was quoted, in the Wall Street Journal, as saying that if Spain's borrowing costs were "too high for too long", then "I can assure you 100 per cent that I would ask ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... involved in finding solutions to the debt crisis." (Reuters). For Romney is anti-Bernanke. Last 23 August, the Wall Street Journal reported that Romney "told the Fox Business Network that as president, he would want to install someone new in the Federal ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... to 1.88% by the end of 2011 and 1.70% last night. And as Steve Goldstein - Washington Bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal - wrote: "The CBO... says the budget deficit would shrink by nearly $500 billion in just the first year if the fiscal cliff ...