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Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... per cent increase in September. This indicates that the economy is waking up from its summer slumber. This reminds me of Alan "the maestro" Greenspan's comments back in the northern hemisphere summer, "What we're looking at is an invisible wall, which ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... reportedly by another two years. And that spells D-E-F-I-C-I-T. And deficit is no good for the bond market either. Just ask Alan Greenspan. Speaking at NBC's Meet the Press, Greenspan warned that "We've got to resolve this issue," before the deficit ...

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... almost 600 delegates, Troy Edmondson, AFA Queensland Chair and conference chairperson quoted the American computer scientist, Alan Kay, who said, "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." Edmondson's upbeat assessment was the ideal cue for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... half results. In Sydney, the Forbes Global CEO Conference enters its second and final day. Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce addresses an Australian-British Chamber of Commerce luncheon, also in Sydney. On Tuesday, the Australian share market ...

May the FORCe be with you

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... Centre (FORCe) now offers new features on its original 2006 version that focus on time-efficiency and simplicity standards. Alan Dunne, Fiducian head of IT, said the new program will help advisers across many aspects from CRM and financial planning tools ...

Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... recovery. For sure economic indicators have weakened over the summer but an economic pause is typical in all recoveries. Just ask Alan Greenspan. What about Wall Street in September? Wall Street will go up, if not it will go down, otherwise it'll be ...

Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... data releases over the weekend signalled the continuation of the current trend in the economy - what former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan called "a typical pause that occurs in an economic recovery". But thanks to his successor's "unusually uncertain outlook" ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... cash rate rise. When announcing the official cash rate was being lifted 25 basis points to 3 per cent, Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard said the outlook for economic growth had softened. But brokers said the weaker currency was positive for exporters. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... will all release their June Quarter Report. Australia Pacific Aviation Outlook summit continues in Sydney with Qantas boss Alan Joyce to address an audience on Qantas' approach to building a strong and sustainable airline. In Melbourne, Telstra chief ...

ASX appoints chief risk officer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has appointed Alan Bardwell as chief risk officer to enhance the firm's oversight over its clearinghouse and settlements business. Bardwell has worked at the ASX since December 2006 as chief financial officer ...