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Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... points in September 2005. The S&P 500 gained more than seven per cent over the following 12 months. The broader macro dynamics haven't changed with one month's consumer sentiment number. The US economy remains on track for growth, albeit slower according ...

Challenger wins $200m from AustralianSuper

AUSTRALIANSUPER RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... to funding pressures, asset concentration issues particularly in property and regulatory and political pressure. These dynamics in the banking sector have created an opportunity for non-bank lenders, such as large superannuation funds like AustralianSuper ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... international assets would not fulfil this role. The risk for the financial services lobby is that if these changing dynamics restore confidence to the government, it might harden their negotiating position against further concessions beyond what Minister ...

Super savings run out well before retirement: survey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... for life post-work, regardless of regulatory reforms. Analysis of the 2007 HILDA survey (Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia) by Professor Roger Wilkins from the Melbourne Institute's Faculty of Business and Economics, part of The University ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... bearish leanings. Take away the day-to-day zig-zagging of the financial markets and we're left with three major macro dynamics -- three coins that would determine the outlook for the global economy. First coin in the fountain. Europe, Europe and Europe. ...

Mehmet moves to BT Financial

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... interest. Patrick Farrell, head of Advance Investment Solutions at BT Financial Group, said Mehmet's understanding of the dynamics in the markets and his expertise in building portfolios suits the Advance process as a multi-manager. While at ING IM - ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... speculation about the return of irrational exuberance in the financial markets. It forces investors to reassess current market dynamics and global economic fundamentals and re-think underlying risks. Current market dynamics is positive - company earnings ...

Risk-free no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... I'm not a bond market expert and I must admit I don't know the how's and why's of this "first time I saw" bond market dynamics. If there's anyone out there that could provide a convincing explanation, you know where to find me. In the meantime, all I ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... crisis and not because of a normal recession. But normal or not, a recession is a recession is a recession. The same dynamics should apply. A steep yield curve leads to repair of the financial system as banks borrow cheap money from the Fed and invest ...

Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... the world - including Australia -- have cranked up their printing presses, which at the very least changed the economic dynamics and economic agents' psychology. Notice the sharp jump in business and consumer sentiment since then - and the rally in risk ...