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Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... on Wall Street -- and in Europe, and in Asia (except Japan), and in North and South America, and in Africa and the Middle East. To be sure, there were a handful that produced gains last night but I'm not really sure whether most investors would be interested. ...

BNY Mellon recruits INGIM Asia CEO

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... business, which has $85 billion in assets under management. He has spent more than 20 years working in Asia and the Middle East, including leadership positions at Alliance Trust and Citigroup Asset Management. Based in Hong Kong, Harden will be responsible ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Brace yourselves people for this would be a longer-than-usual piece. Get that Monday-itis off your systems. There's work to be done, money to be made! During my weekend reading, I came across an article by a fellow named Danny Furman. His resume says ...

Bravura's new CEO eyes Aus wealth market

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... officer, based in London. Klim has been with the company since February 2008 as chief executive officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa, where he led an organic and acquisitive growth phase. Klim, who has over 25 years of experience in financial services ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... prevailing thought only a few months ago - in January, February, March and April -- when the "Jasmine Revolution" in the Middle East and North Africa sent oil prices gushing up. This was the prevailing thought when natural calamities in New Zealand ...

Foreign shocks sparks IT scrutiny

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... that sit idle in a center wasting resources until needed - which is never unless they are very unlucky. But recent Middle East unrest and the recent Japanese disaster have made firms re-think their emergency data back-up plans. The old active/passive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... traders sought riskier assets and mulled the possible effects on reducing instability in the world, notably in the Middle East. That faded on Tuesday. On Thursday, investor attention will return to interest rate decisions in the eurozone and Britain. ...

He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... rising inflation? Can it solve Japan's nuclear disaster? Can it vanquish Qaddafi? Can it stop the protests in the Middle East and North Africa and bring peace in those regions? No, no, no and no. Have you now revised your spreadsheets and made major ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... the light of Osama bin Laden's killing and the possible effects on reducing instability in the world, notably in the Middle East, traders said. In Paris, the CAC 40 index gave up most of its early gains to end the day up 0.05 percent at 4,108.77 points ...

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... activities? Their profit margins would be eroded. So would consumers' disposable incomes. More worries. The tension in the Middle East and North Africa remains on the boil. This would keep oil prices elevated. And to this day, the unrest spreading to ...