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Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
The Dow's hold on that elusive 10K-point mark remains elusive. Perhaps it is the consensus' way of affirming that, indeed, the market has run ahead of itself. Wall Street slid further overnight with the Dow slipping further below the 10K mark despite ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... yet. The global economy has not yet fired on all cylinders. While Australia, China, a major chunk of Asia and the Middle East have their engines already cranked up, the US and Europe and Japan continue to sputter. Why is this good news? Because the mechanics ...

Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Head fake. So which one is the head fake? The Dow climbing past 10,000 or the Dow sinking below 10K? Over the past three trading days, the Dow has been playing seesaw on the 10,000 fulcrum -- over 10K Thursday, under 10K Friday, over 10K Monday. To ...

Herding 20 cats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Pittsburg, the annual G-8 summit has been expanded to permanently include 12 other representations (Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa) to become the G-20. Finally, the new world economic order will not be shaped solely by a ...

Agriculture wins pension fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... Management to form Agricultural Management Company (AMC). "The main activity we are receiving are from the UK and Middle East, and there's a follow up from European funds and some US funds who are putting their cash [into agriculture investments]," he ...

Cambridge Strategy opens shop in Sydney

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... alpha programs - from the markets in North America (US and Canada), Europe, Asia and a developing interest in the Middle East, since it opened for business in 2004. The firm's philosophy is based on the belief that risk management is the key to achieving ...

GIC eyes US and European investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... Chow Kiat was appointed president of the corporation's European office based in London. He will cover Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Lim joined GIC in 1993 as a portfolio manager developing the corporation's corporate bonds division and was later ...

Macquarie enters China JV

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Macquarie Group has established a trust company joint venture in mainland China - the second JV in less than a week following its recent deal with Middle Eastern investment bank, Gulf Finance House. The Chinese JV, which will be called Sino-Australian ...

Northern Trust appoints Asia CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... positions for the past 15 years, most recently as executive vice president and head of client servicing for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in Singapore, she will be responsible for all business activity in Bangalore, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Singapore ...

Macquarie eyes Middle East with JV

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... Finance House announced two days ago that it intended to establish a joint Islamic financial services platform in the Middle East with Macquarie. According to a media statement from GFH, the venture will form a platform that offers wholesale Shariah ...