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Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... Spain." We already know that Uncle Sam's economy has slowed and that less than a week from now its bye-bye US$600 billion QE2. Big Benny reminded us just yesterday -- and data out while we were sleeping confirmed his prognosis. US Labor Department figures ...

Currency Forum to pose big questions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Financial Standard will be hosting the Currency Management Forum 2011 in Sydney on June 28 with expert analysis on the impact of currency trades on the state of the economy and investor returns. The event will explore macro economic forecasts for currency ...

Trafford-Walker takes new role after securing CEO

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... to clients. "The workload of someone who is joint managing director and head of consulting responsibilities had become too big for one person so the board decided to split the investment consulting function from the business management function," said ...

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... they heard, for they didn't listen. It was another down day on The Street after the Fed's post-FOMC meeting statement and Big Benny's press conference confirmed that the "economic recovery is continuing at a moderate pace, though somewhat more slowly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... Greece's government survived a confidence vote crucial to avoiding default, with recent decliners such as Sony Corp scoring big gains. The Greek vote had an immediate impact with the euro managing short-term gains, energising the bulls to chase the market ...

Sevior departure rated as permanent

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
Morningstar has downgraded Perpetual's Concentrated Equity fund to 'Investment Grade' after meeting with the mega-fund manager but not convinced that its star player, John Sevior, will return from long service leave. In a meeting last week with Perpetual ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... traded. The best-performing sector was metals and minerals stocks, which were up 1.47 per cent, according to Iress data. Other big sectors posted gains, including materials, energy, industria and financial stocks. Greece has moved a step closer to receiving ...

All clear for a bail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... much. There was a kind of hush all over the world last night - hush over the tragedy that is Greece. Wall Street was up - big time. And Europe - the closest to the blast zone - was up bigger time. All this because - according to reports -- financial ...

Deposits may shield Aussie banks from Greek debt crisis fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
The Greek debt crisis is increasing the cost of funding for Australia's Big Four banks, but credit market experts say rising deposit rates are counteracting the threat. As the sovereign debt crisis in Europe continues to drag on with a 12 billion Euro ...

Korea and Taiwan may move to developed status

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
Fund managers may need to re-balance their investment weightings after tomorrow when global index provider MSCI announces whether it will upgrade South Korea and Taiwan from emerging market to developed market status. The move has been under discussion ...