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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... 2003-2006. The Philadelphia Fed index was the only indicator released last night that was ugly on the outside and ugly on the inside. This is because of its positive correlation with the ISM manufacturing index - which is a good leading indicator of ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... markets around the globe singing, "Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah! I'm floating around in ecstasy So don't stop me now don't stop me 'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time." ...

Tone down fund rivalry: Clitheroe

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... investors in an already complex super environment, said Clitheroe, who chairs the Financial Literacy Foundation. "The debate inside this industry about who is the best fund is puerile," said Clitheroe. "It's not helping consumers one little bit." Clitheroe ...

Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
"Upside down Boy, you turn me Inside out And round and round..." - Upside Down, Diana Ross If there's any observation that can be made about Wall Street's movement overnight, it is that investor sentiment remains fragile. Just when financial markets ...

Fundies caught in $5m heist

SFC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Hong Kong's regulator moves to ban New York-based Tiger Asia Management from dealing shares in the country ever again after it caught the fund's directors guilty of insider trading - twice. Last August, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) applied ...

Orion tightens compliance after rogue trader caught

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... was employed by Orion from March 2006 to January last year before he was dismissed for insider trading and communicating inside information. Dominic Fallins, director at Orion Asset Management (part of Treasury Group), said the firm sacked Hartman because ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... this time. Consensus expectations were for a February deficit of US$222 bil. Greece of course refuses to be buried in the inside news pages. "For Greece, the problem is completely over," shouted former European Commission President and former Italian ...

Love thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... it is. "I love you dearest! But what if you're a Chinaman in love? Would you be gifting your lover a diamond ring hidden inside a red envelope, complete with dancing dragons? For financial markets these days brought renewed trepidation. The world welcomed ...

ASIC power boost could trigger witch-hunts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Some investment experts worry the government's plans to increase ASIC's investigative powers could spark industry witch-hunts. Indy Singh, managing director of Fiducian, said the government has to tread carefully when increasing ASIC's powers and assure ...

Citigroup Wealth Advisers broker banned

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... Advisers, from providing financial services for three years. ASIC found that between 26 July and 8 August 2006, he possessed inside information regarding a possible takeover of listed company Vision Systems. He bought VSL shares on his own account and ...