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No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... is obvious but according to the report, a senior EU official told Reuters that, "The Obama administration doesn't want anything on a macroeconomic scale that is going to rock the global economy before November 6." Of course, it was denied by "a U.S. ...

The Fed may have gone too far

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... risk-on assets have responded, but so has gold which has been sleeping for six weeks. "When it barks, it does not bark at anything," power said. Power questioned the decision altogether, suggesting, however unlikely, that it was time to start looking ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... Merkel "lebe". These developments bring us back to my broader point that Europe's powers-that-are would do everything and anything in their power to keep the single currency area single. Next stop towards strengthening that singleness: Banking Union. ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... balance sheet, the inflation and the debasement of the US dollar it'll generate afterwards, and so on and so forth. Noticed anything? They're almost exactly the same arguments raised before QE1 and pre-QE2. Unfortunately, we can't do QE in a lab, repeat ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... bargains I bought when the GFC struck, added some more (close but not at the March 2009 bottom) - but never have I seen anything like this. By like this, I mean the outlook for financial markets and economies hanging in the balance by what Ben and Mario ...

Sitting and waiting and still hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... Hole symposium, that is - at the end of this month. But if global dynamics stay the way they are, don't expect to see anything at the hole. Big Ben would just be repeating his reiteration of "if it becomes necessary" vow. Then we're up for more waiting. ...

Lifecycle discussion needs context: Milliman

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... or an overlay or delivered through a platform, the key point is as people enter retirement, it's more about risk than anything else and we're seeing this trend to doing it via asset allocation rather than product per se," Matterson said. As some examples ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... hand us a big enough umbrella for protection. "I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky." - R. Kelly Was there anything that materially changed the outlook for economies of the US, Europe, China -- the world -- last week? You betcha Virginia ...

Greens plan to fell Westpac-backed logging

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... hard to wash its hands of links with rapacious logging practices unless it moves decisively to clean up its business. Anything less leaves Westpac's claims to support environmental standards in tatters." Westpac has denied backing any illegal logging ...

Independent dealer groups on efficiency drive

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... "The demand is really going to be in providing flexibility for a dealer group to manage those solutions, and in general, anything that drives efficiency into an adviser's practice is the core of many conversations we're having at the moment," Stevens ...