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BBC denies trader a hoax interview

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... is the reason I agreed to go on the BBC. "Trading is a like a hobby. It is not a business. I am a talker. I talk a lot. I love the whole idea of public speaking." The BBC has issued a public statement countering claims that Rastani was a hoax. "We've ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... stock market valuation by increasing discounted cash flows due to a lower discount rate. I would have stayed with my furs and love for honey had the Fed insisted on mere platitudes and jawboning the economy out of its stupor. But this latest Fed action ...

Super funds mindshift imperative

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... regulatory change is an issue for the industry, and while we want to have mandatory standards put into place, we would also love a moratorium to stop change, which we wont get," said Sammells. "We would love someone to put a stake in the ground and say ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
"So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S. O. S. The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S. O. S. When you're gone How can I even try to go on? When you're gone Though I try how can I carry on?" - ABBA Now you believe me? The US bond ...

ANZ launches new life cover for over 50s

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
ANZ is offering capped premiums as part of its new direct life insurance package for over fifties, which is designed to provide immediate post death expense cover. ANZ 50+ Life Cover would provide benefits for funeral costs and unpaid bills up to the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was higher at noon as the US moved closer to breaking its debt-ceiling stalemate. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 74.8 points higher, by 1.67 per cent, at 4,542.9 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
"Just like a knight in shining armor From a long time ago Just in time I will save the day..." Peter Cetera - Glory of Love This tune played in my head when Beijing announced the country's June quarter economic scorecard yesterday - and boy oh boy ...

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Fresh events and reports released overnight really did not add to what we already know. We already know that Greece will be bailed out for a default because its exit from the Eurozone would trigger a game of "who's next?" Small and insignificant Greece ...

Super funds turn to dark pools

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Large superannuation funds are talking to bulk share-trading venue provider Liquidnet Australia to quietly deal in large blocks of equities, the broker said yesterday. At a press luncheon at Sydney's upmarket Rockpool restaurant, Liquidnet Australia ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... our dinner, but from their regard to their own self interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages." The collapse of the centrally planned socialist ...