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Time to get shorty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Regal named Australian hedge fund of the year

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Sydney based long/short equity manager Regal Funds Management (Regal) was the big winner at last night's Hedge Fund Awards held at the Westin Hotel in Sydney. Now in their 12th year the awards were handed out at Hedge Funds Rock, an event that also ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... its second-largest company Bayer, while in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.75 per cent to close the day at 4,464.70 points. "Last night's absence of any real surprises from the US Federal reserve... has helped push US equities out to fresh highs," said Tony ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... been much ado about the words "considerable time" over the past two weeks (even I bit into it hook, line and sinker). Last night, we found out, it was about nothing. It's still there in the FOMC statement, nothing changed: "The Committee continues to ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... some reasons why not just last week ( https://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/43347610 ). Bloomberg's report last night adds to this. According to Bloomie, Japan's "fund managers purchased 199 billion yen ($1.9 billion) of Australian sovereign ...

Executives lose sleep over changing regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... which worries over two-thirds of respondents. It also found that the top issue that keeps those in the industry awake at night is government regulation: "Two thirds (67%) are losing sleep over it." Baker said. He went on: "More than half (53%) want a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... lower at noon, and trading volumes were down. Investors are waiting for a meeting of the European Central Bank on Thursday night, which some believe could result in new stimulus measures for the eurozone economy. In the US, unemployment numbers are to ...

SG freeze to hit young and low income earners hardest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... tax concessions depending on income." Prime Minister Tony Abbott defended his decision to freeze the SG on ABC's 7.30 last night, saying: "The SG levy comes out of workers' pockets, so by delaying the increase to that levy, we actually keep more money ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... slightly higher following strong overseas leads. Wall Street's S&P 500 topped 2,000 points for the first time during last night's session but fell back to close 0.48 per cent higher. The broad US gains were partly because of Federal Reserve chair Janet ...