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Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... to stop the US economy from the recession America had to have. Time and again since the days of the Maestro - Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan - authorities bent over backwards to bandage the self-inflicted wounds of gung-ho investment institutions and investors. ...

Sun Hung Kai targets distressed financial firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... activity and distressed investing, manages the fund. Paulson & Co's president is John Paulson and the firm recently appointed Alan Greenspan as a member of its advisory board. Rizal Wijano, Sun Hung Kai Fund Management managing director, said it is time ...

Aussie tech providers score overseas deals

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... the Asian firm. TalisLife allows flexible administration of a range of traditional and alternative life insurance products. Alan Royal, Bao Viet Holdings chief information officer, said the deal with Bravura would allow the firm to cost effectively expand ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on Investment Opportunities in NSW. In Melbourne, Alcoa Australia managing director Alan Cransberg also addresses The American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on Leadership in Challenging Times. On Thursday ...

Austock MA service signs six

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... means investors can gain from the tax benefits of direct share ownership, online reporting and portfolio management services. Alan Sheen, Austock Asset Management managing director, said signing six dealer groups and boutiques was above expectations. ...

Three rich beggars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... time that they come a-beggin is not helpful at all. Charity begins at home. The commitments of Richard Wagoner (GM CEO), Alan Mulally (Ford CEO) and Robert Nardelli (Chrysler Chairman & CEO) to the companies they head will now be put to the test. In ...

The best forecaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
Those of you who still remember the 'Maestro' - former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan - would also recall one of his musings, the long-term interest rate conundrum. In his testimony before the US Congress in February 2005, Greenspan declared ...

Platform wedge over pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... at the type of clients that are investing [in these structures] and what they're looking for from the product," cautions Alan Kenny, general manager product and investment services, Colonial Fist State. "They are looking for daily unit pricing, a ready ...

Changing of the guard at Russell

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Chris Corneil is the new head of Russell's Australian and New Zealand businesses after Alan Schoenheimer was promoted to lead the firm's international business operations. Russell's long-time chief executive of the Asia Pacific region, Alan Schoenheimer ...

For those about to hit rock bottom, we salute you

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
The real culprit behind the global credit crunch has been formally identified as not Dr Alan Greenspan but rock band AC/DC, after the UK Guardian newspaper revealed the world goes into recession every time the aging rockers go on tour. Sending world ...