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Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... thorn in the side of the government's plans to develop Australia as a regional financial services hub but whether authorities take that into consideration in their assessments of the deal remains to be seen. Complicating matters further is the fact that ...

G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Heard at the G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju: blah, blah, blah... and more blah, blah, blah. As it always is when top authorities of the top nations meet, there's going to be too much chatter and too little done. Financial markets were right to expect that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... closed higher overnight after Intel and JPMorgan Chase posted strong profits and as traders increasingly expected authorities to step in to boost the economy. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.69 per cent, while the broader S&P 500 index ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... beer you say? That may be. But taken in the context of the persistent scares - that had even forced the hands of US authorities into more stimulus and Japan into intervention in the foreign exchange market - investors have been given all the excuse in ...

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... say. India, like most emerging market economies, has no universal retirement safety net. But over the past decade, authorities have been taking steps towards ensuring more Indians' retirements are adequately funded. In 2004, the pension system for government ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... July 2009 ( http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/26309/ ). This also gave credence to claims that the US authorities' massive stimulus programmes worked. Oh yes, it came at a cost, perhaps much too much. But the toll on the economy would have ...

A "race to the bottom" in currencies

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... terms of trade," Horner said. The elephant in the room is the Yuan, which has actually depreciated despite Chinese authorities pledging increased currency flexibility earlier this year. Horner expects Asian currencies to play a greater role in resolving ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... irritating is that America's - and Japan's and Europe's - misfortunes are overshadowing Australia's good fortune. While authorities in the US, Japan and Europe continue to worry over how to make the fledgling recovery in their domestic economies stick ...

US needs double the lifeline

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... elections in November but cited Germany's unexpected intervention to save Greece earlier this year as an example of authorities acting when needed. "When you really have to get something done and survival depends on it I think our animal spirits and ...

Global and Asian mandates up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... government or working for other types of employer participating in the scheme. Employers in the scheme include local authorities and public service organisations as well as other employers which provide the LGPS for their employees by becoming admitted ...