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Main Street is burning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... the unemployment rate increased from a low of 4.4 per cent in March 2007 to 6.5 per cent in October. More companies will fold. Those that survive will continue to cut costs. Both translate to more job losses. This would only stop once the economy finds ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... more hardship, not only for the US taxpayer but also for the rest of the world. A vicious cycle would ensue as companies fold because of the loss of liquidity and a slowing economy, investment drops and unemployment rises, consumer spending contracts ...

Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... Brothers International (Europe), Lehman Brothers Holdings, Lehman Brothers Limited and LB UK RE Holdings Limited are expected to fold into administration. "The directors of [these firms] have concluded that in the absence of ongoing financial support ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... However, while headlines are dominated by the losses and liquidity problems in these big institutions, smaller ones silently fold up but nonetheless, create a nasty ripple effect on the economy. Australia: The minutes of the RBA's Board meeting in September ...

Pengana wins ex-Rubicon investors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
Ex- Rubicon investment managers Antonio Meroni and Tony Wolfe's have brought more than just their expertise to Pengana when they joined in May - they have also ferried across some of Rubicon's largest global institutional investors keen for a slice ...

TSG adds 11 to portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... Salisbury Group is rapidly recruiting financial planning practices to its repertoire, recently adding 11 new businesses into its fold. TSG recently announced it had experienced "another successful year and achieved its profit, recruiting and business ...

Kenya budgets right for investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... manager from holding management position in that firm. The minimum capital requirement of a broker has been increased 10-fold from Kshs 5 million to Kshs 50 million (AUD$839,000) and eight-fold for an investment bank from Kshs 30 million to Kshs 250 ...

Covered short-selling unmasked

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... to update the rules particularly as the number of companies on the ASX List of Approved Short Sale Products has grown ten-fold to 467 companies since 1985. "[This] makes the list much more difficult to monitor and regulate," he said. Using an example ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... their new home. Karara Capital, which has $1.1 billion in funds under management, welcomed Walsh and Sinclair into their fold last April. Under their guidance, the firm's Australian Equities fund generated an excess return of 4.53 per cent against the ...

Complex event processing made simple: Apama

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... developers, and power-users. In turn, Progress claims the new offering reduces end-to-end latency of CEP applications five-fold with the introduction of an enhanced communications infrastructure. To help users become productive quickly, Apama 4.0 bundles ...