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Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
Thankfully, the Obama mania that gripped the printed and electronic headlines around the world before and during his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States has drowned the negative media spin on the outlook for the domestic economy. ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
In spite of the best wishes for good tidings for the New Year, sorrows and trouble abound. The global financial crisis shows no signs of abating. The global economic future looks glum. Yet Americans are unable to afford their usual psychological crutches ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly higher after US stocks slowed their declines on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index fell 1.49 per cent and 1.18 per cent respectively while the NASDAQ managed to gain 0.27 ...

Soup for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
You call last week a sell-off, this is a sell-off. Wall Street is now more than US$1,000,000,000,000 (US$1 trillion) cheaper as investors dumped stocks following news of the US House of Representatives' rejection of the US$700 billion financial sector ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
As expected, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy meeting held on 5 August reiterated earlier RBA comments suggesting that there is scope to lower interest rates given the slowdown in demand in the Australian economy. As with ...

Returns stats should show impact of advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... also proposed that the APRA performance statistics include standard deviation metrics calculated on a quarterly basis and Sharpe ratios. The report is available on IFSA's website in the What's Hot section.

Trouble at Threadneedle Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
More signs that US problems have made their way into the UK came overnight. After signaling in recent weeks that it is more likely to follow the European Central Bank (ECB) and tighten monetary policy rather than ease, the Bank of England (BoE) succumbed ...

ING taps Ukraine insurance market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
ING Group extends its reach in Eastern Europe after receiving approval to provide its life insurance services in the Ukraine. The firm is expected to begin servicing this market from its head office in the country's capital, Kiev, in the first half ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
All the debate about up-skilling through sharpening our educational curriculum might be missing one key detail - students don't like technical subjects and it's a major long term threat to our global productivity. A review just released by the Australian ...

IIFA pledges global reporting standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
The International Investment Funds Association has vowed to support development of a better investment fund reporting system at its 21st annual meeting, which concluded in Sydney last Friday. The 76 delegates, representing 35 different national investment ...