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Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... Italy (5.1 per cent) and Germany (3.2 per cent) have all breached the Maastricht covenant! This shows that Eurozone authorities are willing to bend some rules in order to keep the common currency area alive. And despite its tough talk on Greece, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... tightening moves by Beijing continued to weigh on sentiment. Banks and property developers fell amid reports that Chinese authorities had ordered several financial institutions to halt new loans until February amid growing fears that soaring loans are ...

Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... Forecasting that jobs would continue to head lower could create a sense of complacency so much so that fiscal and monetary authorities let down their guards. Might be too soon to do that.

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... Risk assets would continue to benefit while economies continue to receive adrenalin shots from monetary and fiscal authorities. Party on! Give thanks! But also keep an eye on the exit. For what happens when it comes time to pay the piper?

AMP signs MOU with China Life

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... AMP chief executive Craig Dunn. The Chinese pension market is undergoing a period of major structural change as the authorities make available a broader investment universe to pension funds. The size of the potential opportunity for AMP will depend on ...

You're dreaming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... the RBA's past interest rate cuts are working their way into the system. As you read this piece monetary and fiscal authorities in other parts of the world are busily trying to correct their problems. Accounting for all these, the jobless rate could ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... most part of the globe, Eurozone equities have welcomed the massive liquidity injections by both fiscal and monetary authorities. Equity markets in the Euro area continue to rebound sharply as the year 2009 marched on, boosted by steadily rising economic ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... for yourself G-19.' The bottom line is that equities and other risk assets would continue to inflate for as long as authorities continue to hand out freshly minted dollars. This brings us to the twist. The increased supply of greenbacks in the financial ...

CAAM and Soc Gen reveal Amundi

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... stage in the alliance process, which is advancing on schedule. The project was approved by the French supervisory authorities, AMF and CECEI, in September.

What China wants China gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... year-on-year. Lend, lend, lend. While banks in other parts of the globe were still reluctant to extend credit, Chinese authorities only have to utter the word 'lend' and off a-lending its banks went. Lending jumped by 34.2 per cent in the year to September ...