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Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... to review my US economic and financial market history, prodded by CNBC's interview with former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on the 1st of July. This is what the Maestro had to say, " What we're looking at is an invisible wall, which we've ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... senior officers of James Hardie Industries SE continues in the NSW Supreme Court, and Qantas Airways Ltd chief executive Alan Joyce addresses the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce on his vision for Qantas and the airline industry. In Australia on ...

Strong one, says yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... is a good predictor of strong economic activity. "Those who don't learn from history..." In early 2005, former Fed chief Alan Greenspan talked about an "interest rate conundrum" in the works as he tried to explain why long-term yields are not following ...

Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
"...I'm finding it very difficult to look into the future and not worry about that." This was Citizen Alan Greenspan talking on Bloomberg Television. Alan was referring to America's "federal debt" and its "capacity to borrow". He must have thought it ...

VTP board backs capital return to shareholders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... Cameron McCullagh and independent directors David Iliffe and Andrew Grant. They were replaced by Dixon Advisory executives: Alan Dixon, Alex MacLachlan, Chris Brown and Chris Duffield. Nisbett and John Vatovec joined the board soon after. Brown, a VTP ...

Planners sidelined for self-investing strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... are putting the blame of underperformance firmly in the advisers, be they fund managers or accountants or brokers," said Alan Shields, research director for Retail Finance Intelligence on the survey results. Advisers commissions have also come under ...

PE firm pays NY fund $20m in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... Carlyle/Riverstone retained Searle, a company associated with Henry ("Hank") Morris, the chief political aide to then Comptroller Alan Hevesi, as a placement agent to help obtain investments from the CRF. Prior to retaining Searle, the companies had ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... policy every time re-nomination day comes. And at the end of the day, the sitting Chairman remains seated in his job. Think Alan Greenspan and his 19 years at the helm of the world's most powerful central bank. Many of today's market participants and/or ...

Walter Scott announces investment successors

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
Walter Scott has promoted Jane Henderson as managing director of the investment management group as Alan McFarlane steps down from the role. The appointment is designed to strengthen the Edinburgh-based investment manager. Henderson previously worked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... Telecommunications Ltd, parent of Optus, is to announce second quarter and first half earnings results. Qantas Airways Ltd chief executive Alan Joyce addresses a National Aviation Press Club lunch in Sydney. Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd and forestry ...