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Waiting for the midnight hour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... German banks! And to a lesser degree banks in other European countries and also pension funds. Now why is it then that the "powers to be" in Europe don't want Greece to default!" This is the reason why although there's building anxiety that the final ...

Insult me, insult you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... to next week. Now we have a brand new twister in our midst. Reports out in cyberspace last night talk of the European "powers-that-are" are now contemplating delaying the disbursement of the aid until after the Greek elections expected to be held in ...

Cheque's not yet in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... reaction to their action, they're relevant no more. But back to Greece, if financial markets continue to behave this way, the 'powers that be' may decide that it is now safe for them to euthanise with a single shot of default rather than watch it suffer ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... economy - when one-fifth (and rising) of the working population are without employment? And all the while I thought that the powers that be have learned their lesson. They said so at the summit before last week's summit. They were going for growth. They're ...

ASIC questioned over new powers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
ASIC faced questions over the potential risks in its proposed increase in powers under FOFA during the Parliamentary Joint Committee yesterday in a session where the regulator gave preliminary results to its planning shadow shop survey with "woeful" ...

So far so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... said so themselves and the Shanghai Composite Index's 5.4% appreciation shows that investors don't want to bet against the powers that be. If you want to shake your heads in disbelief, look to Europe young man. Yes, Europe - the region that's the source ...

ASIC releases FOFA guidance plan

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
ASIC will release regulatory guidance on best interest duty, scaled advice, conflicted remuneration and ASIC powers before July 1 2012, the regulator said today. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released its regulatory ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... promised plan to restore long term confidence in the euro. The leaders of France and Germany, the two strongest economic powers in the euro area, have called for a new European Union treaty designed to avert another crisis by imposing greater fiscal ...

Qantas Super names new chief exec

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... with the Stronger Super, and changes in the regulation of the industry with APRA taking on new prudential standard making powers. How our fund and every other fund responds to those changes will be a significant strategic challenge." Before working for ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... European Financial Stability Facility's war chest to the hoped-for 1 trillion euros ($A1.33 trillion) they did give it new powers and called on help from the International Monetary Fund. Tokyo ended 0.51 per cent, or 43.21 points, lower at 8,434.61 and ...