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Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012

... ago it was growing at a 7%-9% clip. And to round it all up, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) head honcha, Christine Lagarde, stated last week that the IMF will be slashing its 2012 global growth prediction. My, oh, my! While we're on the subject ...

Market Wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012

... wary investors ahead of US jobs data due later in the day. The slide came as International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned the global economy was slowing and said the situation could get worse because Europe was not doing enough to fix its ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012

... stagnation," warned Nissan Motor and Renault chief executive Carlos Ghosn. Perhaps so tough that IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has called on "policymakers need to take decisive steps to break free of the crisis." But she had been at this since ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012

... developing country growth rates could fall by as much or more than in 2008-09." I can also hear IMF head honcha, Christine Lagarde, going gloat, gloat, gloat. Less than a week after the WB announced its warning, she too went a-spooking and declared that ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 23 APR 2012

... interest to see economies go down the drain. Not even the bears. A fact highlighted by IMF managing director Christine Lagarde's weekend announcement that the IMF "has secured "commitments that are north of US$430 billion," doubling the Fund's lending ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 23 APR 2012

... to the general sense of pessimism. The euro was supported by comments from International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde and Japan Finance Minister Jun Azumi who both said the IMF would achieve its goal of raising enough cash for a firewall against ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012

... to the rescue. And speaking of the IMF, it'll soon have bigger resources to fight the good fight. IMF chief Christine Lagarde expects the Fund to reach 'critical mass' this week in raising more than US$400 billion from contributing governments. Japan ...

Australian economic fundamentals solid: Swan

CLAIRE MCGREAL | WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012

... stands at 3.9 %. In an ominous warning to European policy makers, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde warned that unless the right course of action was taken, the world could slip into a "1930s moment", referencing the Great ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012

... markets be selling big time? Especially with IMF top honcha (I guess this is the feminine version of honcho), Christine Lagarde, warning that the world is facing "a 1930s moment, in which inaction, insularity and rigid ideology combine to cause a collapse ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012

... December, the biggest increase since December 2010. Output surged as companies bought more machines and materials. Christine Lagarde, the IMF's managing director, said the fund was looking at ways to increase its capacity, partly to deal with Europe's ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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