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Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... in the minds of authorities. Not given recent history. The IMF was there during the Asian currency crisis of 1997, the Russian debt default of 1998 and the Argentina financial crisis of 1999. What is important is that China and the US remain strong. ...

Posh playground turns sandpit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... worldwide attention." Well if it hasn't before, it surely is attracting worldwide attention now. As in the past - think Russian default in 1998, think Argentinian default in 2002 - credit spreads on emerging market debt spiked and equity markets fall ...

ADB pours $240m to worst hit nations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... economic recovery. Armenia and Tajikistan have seen a huge influx of returning workers who have lost their jobs in the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, resulting in a sharp decline in remittance income, private domestic spending, and government revenue. ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... (RBA) for it wisdom and adroitness in handling the crises of recent history -- the Asian Financial Crisis, LTCM collapse, Russian default, the dotcom bubble, the US recession of 2002. The RBA shielded Australia all through these episodes of market turbulence. ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... fact that the US views its strong-dollar policy as fundamental. So our trust in US Treasuries in absolutely unshakable." Russian Finance Minister Kudrin later echoed his Japanese counterpart's faith but only because, "it's too early to speak of an alternative" ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... is just the developed markets' high 20's gain. Equity markets in Russia, Hong Kong and India soared in the high 30's. Russian shares spiked by 39.6 per cent, HK by 37.5 per cent and India by 35.1 per cent. Annualise that! Yes, crazy isn't it? It looks ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... night following reports that Tropical Storm Fay will miss large oil refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. The beginning of a Russian pullout from Georgia and comments by the Turkish energy minister that a key pipeline could resume production in the next ...

CAAM backs oil rich EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... product specialist team, said the fund was overweight Brazil and Russia. "We are positive on the outlook for energy and Russian Telcos, which we view as providing good exposure to retail consumption. We favour Russian oil companies, where we foresee ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... strict exclusion policy within its Global Deep Green Trust, which means they don't invest in Cameroon, North Korea, the Russian Federation, Japan, Norway, Sudan and the People's Republic of China. Hall said by refusing to invest in these markets, fund ...

Daily economic round-up

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... importance of Russia in the world economy is set to grow as members of the European Union seek to shore up supplies of Russian oil and gas reserves. With Europe requiring most of its energy needs to be imported within a couple of decades, the pressure ...