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From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... Financial Review takes the cake: "China hurtles towards its own version of the 1929 stock market crash... and Great Depression" Boyoboyoboy, and that's not factoring the prospect of the Fed's lift-off yet - though if the world collapses (and inflation ...

Research contradicts group risk claims crisis

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... particularly from people claiming total and permanent disability cover on grounds that they suffer from mental illness or depression, would inevitably result in higher premiums right across the group risk market. TPD claims and payments are forecast ...

Life insurance faces worst conditions in decades

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... report noted how disability claims are rising "well beyond those expected by the industry, due to increased stress and depression claims." "This may be due to the weaker economy, greater awareness of cover by policyholders and, in some cases, lawyers ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013

Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... year, Greece's GDP shrank by 7.5% after contracting by 9.2% in the previous one. That's no longer a recession...it's a depression. The problem is the troika keeps throwing good money after bad at the Greeks whether they comply or semi-comply with their ...

Reversing fortunes to another crisis?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013

Insurers and super funds tackle costs of mental illness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... this, Lydon said, is making the work environment a positive place. "Work is good for people's mental health; good work is great for people's mental health," Lydon said. One of the pilot programs, conducted in association with Lifeline Australia, focused ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... oh my, after all that arduous work - mainly at the printing press -- it appears that the great scholar of the Great Depression, Ben S. Bernanke, would vacate his seat at the helm of the US Federal Reserve the same way he found it...with a developing ...

The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... arguing "the end of the world as we know it" or the "death of capitalism" or the "it's gonna be worst than the Great Depression" looked oh so logical back in 2008. Thank goodness MarketWatch readers took his commentary as they should - that is, as comic ...

Still opportunities for flexible bond managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... balance sheet," said Amundi fixed income specialist Philippe Jauer. "When you look back to past crisis such as the Great Depression of the 1930s and the end of World War II, the Fed didn't scale back its position."