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What hard landing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... being China, perhaps it did know in advanced. But who cares? At least they acted on it - unlike that other region in the globe that's appears to be holding summits almost forever. For the record, China's economy slowed to 9.2% last year from 10.4% in ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... its own. The PBOC cut its banks' reserve requirement ratio by 50 bps to 21% effective 5 December. Stock markets around the globe surged, so did commodity markets while yields on Eurozone debt securities fell. And yes, this time, it's something you can ...

Australia's retirement system the most sustainable in the world

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... Investors. The Allianz Global Investors Pension Sustainability Index (PSI) measures the pressure on governments across the globe to reform their pension system and uses a range of indicators such as demographic developments, public finances and pension ...

Weekend worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... attention focused on all things Europa, many have become oblivious to the improvement in the most important economy in the globe - America. This is important - crucially important - because the stronger the US economy gets, the better it's immunity from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Eurozone's third biggest economy. Some say they're too big to bail out, which is basically what's spooking markets across the globe. "We saw a massive slide in US markets and this has really extended to the Australian market as well." Only five stocks ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... to get individual members growing again, it's a fair trade. And... and if you take a really considered inspection of the globe, it's now only Europe that's experiencing what I call the "Autumn Angst" (you read it here first folks). Growth in China and ...

Good news, bad headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... Economy Grows at Slowest Pace in 2 Years". Yes, that single engine responsible for whatever little growth we have in the globe today grew "at the slowest pace in 2 years." Asian financial markets - still reeling from Germany's "boo" the night before ...

Invesco shuns global brands in Asian growth story

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... Wholesale Asian Share Fund. Despite the slowdown in demand from Europe and the US, coupled with stock market falls across the globe, Invesco views Asian consumer demand as a structural rather than cyclical change. William Yuen is lead portfolio manager ...

Action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

Insurance industry prepared for black swan flock

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... industry is coming to accept 'black swan' events as a far more common occurrence in light of natural disasters spanning the globe in recent years from volcanoes in Iceland and Chile to tsunamis in Asia, tornadoes in the US and earthquakes and floods ...