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ESG RA Awards celebrate industry achievers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Macquarie Securities and Citi took out the top awards at the third annual ESG Research Australia Awards, presented in Melbourne. Celebrating the field of ESG-inclusive research conducted by stock-brokers in Australian equities, 24 research papers were ...

Not the biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 18 MAR 2012

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... of a double-dip in America. It did so again in the middle of last year, for exactly the same reasons - plus the loss of the USA's triple-A. Will we see another correction come mid-year 2012? After all, it's not that difficult to imagine. The European ...

Dam Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... Australian dollar too. According to reports the dollar A reached US$1.0770 overnight because of these better than predicted USA stats... and of course, yesterday's report of another better than expected stat - Australian employment. You probably already ...

Margin lending suffers from adviser misconception

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Investment Trends December 2011 Margin Lending Financial Planner Report has revealed 83% of respondents named market conditions as the biggest barrier to margin lending among financial planners. Volatility levels attracted 49% of the vote with higher ...

The martyrdom of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... country? Have you seen the violent riots in Athens? They're vandalising and/or burning business establishments. And according to USA Today, they've also vandalised, burned and/or damaged "nine listed as national heritage buildings, mostly in the neoclassical ...

CFSGAM strengthens Aussie equities core team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... conditions, with research focused on identifying 'mispriced' stocks. Prior to Alliance Bernstein, Moss held positions in his native USA, including three years as a consultant with Boston Consulting Group. He holds a Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... started to gather of a looming double-dip in America. And of course, there was the knee-jerk panic when S&P took away the USA's triple-A. But I guessed right when I wrote that, "And in case that falters, there's always the Fed to rely on." Oh yeah, 2011 ...

Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... issuing euro bonds and warning that "there are no simple and fast solutions" to the crisis. Oh well, at least there's still the USA which continues to move farther away from the feared double-dip that was the scare-in-vogue back in the middle of the ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... them though, accusing S&P of injecting itself in the political process just as it did back in August after it downgraded the USA's triple A over the budget standoff. So did European Central Bank governing council Christian Noyer. "They changed their ...