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In defense of Citi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... into its third largest bank (by asset value). In announcing the Citigroup Guarantee and Cash Infusion package, US authorities stated that, 'As part of the agreement, Treasury and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will provide protection against ...

Aviva pushes PRI cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... initiatives were launched at the Triple Bottom Line Investment conference in Amsterdam where Dromer implored listing authorities across all stock markets to explore the possibility of including the Global Compact principles into the listing requirements. ...

Bail-out Plan B

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... foreclosures are still rising and house prices continue to plummet. The reflationary fiscal and monetary policies by the US authorities may have limited the severity of the recession, but economic growth will continue to contract in the months to come ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... financial market storm might be pulling economies, one after the other, into a recession, but fiscal and monetary authorities of all shapes and sizes are not just tweedling their thumbs waiting for the sky to fall. The Australian government and the Reserve ...

PowerSuper launches warrant product

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... said Jo Parkinson, PowerSuper head of distribution. "PowerSuper's structure satisfies all the requirements of the tax authorities and other regulatory bodies. There are a number of DIY super fund structures and documentations that could potentially leave ...

I'll have what she's having

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... economy - the subprime market - could melt Iceland? With more than US$10 trillion in national debt and counting, US authorities are undoubtedly worried about the future when time comes to collect. But given the severity of the current crisis, there is ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... the judicious policy responses by the Australian government and the central bank. Australia's monetary and fiscal authorities are being proactive in their policy responses. The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered interest rates by 100 basis points ...

Fidelity gears for reflation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... the reflation stage of the economic cycle. "There's an old adage that says the markets can stop panicking when the authorities start panicking," said Trevor Greetham, asset allocation director at Fidelity International. "Having been stuck in stagflation ...

Depression no more?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... Dow was able to regain its October 1929 top. The good news is that unlike the Depression era, fiscal and monetary authorities have responded to the systemic financial problems with haste and so the bottoming out process would be quicker. But similar ...