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Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
Another week, another bad start for Wall Street as the bears continue to loiter the financial playground, scaring the bulls away from the equities roller coaster ride and directing them into the bond market fun house. With no major data release out ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... Treasury yields and cheaper commodities, and that the Fed shouldn't delay withdrawing record monetary stimulus." At least Russia is hedging its bets. Alexei Ulyukayev, first deputy chairman of Russia's central bank, said in an interview that the central ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
So what was the hulaballoo of the past two days all about? It's now looking like too much ado about Greece, and Portugal, and Spain, and... Smokin'! What worries me more is the 25 per cent increase in tobacco tax by Krudd and the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Farmland ripe for the picking

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
Institutional investors may want to broaden their investment scope to farmland after a report found investments in agricultural property prices have fallen from the pre-crisis highs and may benefit from rising commodity prices. The Cerulli Edge: Global ...

ING IM appoints Taurus for gold strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... US dollar depreciation and growing demand with current limited supply due to capacity restraints," he said. "China and Russia central banks are moving to diverse their US dollar holdings and gold is a known strategy to diverse during unsettled times." ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... central banks the world over were losing their attraction for the US dollar and diversifying their currency reserves. China, Russia, Asian and Middle Eastern central banks were falling in love with the yen and the euro - their value getting an extra ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... international financial community's growing fear about further devaluation of the US dollar. US dollar weakness has prompted China, Russia and India to propose that the greenback be replaced by a multi-reserve currency system. When faith in the fiat ...

No easy gains in Indian equities: Pereira

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... managing director at India Equities Fund, said the Indian market posted the third strongest market in the world behind Russia and Brazil with the Sensex Index returning 80 per cent for the year. "The market has had a huge run during 2009 and while we ...

Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... telecommunications sectors globally. Macquarie manages funds in Mexico, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.

Room for Russia in BRIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... Many investors are convinced of the growth story behind Brazil, India and China - but does anyone know what's happening in Russia? In Sydney this week, Mark Edwards, vice president of global fund manager T. Rowe Price, said he disagrees with the view ...