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Joint Committee has consumer loans in its sights

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' inquiry into financial products and services will include a review of banking products. Reflecting the transfer of oversight of consumer finance to the Commonwealth, which will ...

Taking a breather

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
What do you get when you fall in love (with stocks)? A person with a pin to burst your bubble. That's what you get for all your trouble. Yesterday I warned that the equity markets' advance had been too fast and running too far ahead of economic fundamentals. ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... in the high 30's. Russian shares spiked by 39.6 per cent, HK by 37.5 per cent and India by 35.1 per cent. Annualise that! Yes, crazy isn't it? It looks good. It feels good. It tastes good too. Now markets are gulping down as much as they could with gusto. ...

Fiji Reserve Bank imposes credit controls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
The political and financial nightmare facing Australian financial institutions in their long-time captive market of Fiji is getting worse by the day. They look to have little choice but to co-operate with harsh new regulations imposed on them by the ...

IMF and Swan riding on doom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... by 36 per cent in the year to March. These good news have prompted many analysts to upgrade their China growth forecasts. Yes upgrade. And I don't have to remind you about the snippets of positive news coming out of the US. But woe to us Australians. ...

Ignore history at your peril

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Advisers are severely lacking in their knowledge of financial history - and if this trend remains, their lack of wisdom will only contribute to future financial crisis, said a global expert. Alan McFarlane, chief executive of Edinburgh-based Walter ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... are picking on the positive second derivatives - the change in the rate of change - to support their brighter outlook. Well yes...sure! What's wrong with that? Just three or four months ago, nobody could cite a single positive economic stat - first ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... obtaining government money - positive. And in China, there had been speculation that the government may act to restrain credit. Yes, you read it right, 'restrain credit'! The speculation follows reports that new loans jumped sixfold from a year ago to ...

Super your stimulus package

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
"Boost your super with the Government's $900 handout" is becoming the catchphrase of superannuation funds as they encourage members to pour more into super. The $3 billion Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund is urging its members to consider ...

Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... manufacturers. Add this to the green sprouts starting to show in the United States and China and you have the makings of a turnaround. Yes there are still problems. Some greedy bank or institution might suddenly discover it still has not reported the ...