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Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... whole of society... no government guiding hand necessary. Adam Smith must be turning in his grave as he watches first the GFC and now the European sovereign debt crisis unfold. All caused by economic actors' acting in their own self-interests while the ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... are down! His predictions become more believable this way. But apart from that one instance of genius where he predicted the GFC two years prior, he's batting average remains well, average... at best. One that's still stuck in my head is his prediction ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... future liabilities, although many funds are now struggling to meet this term following significant losses incurred during the GFC. The coverage ratio for Pensioenfonds Vervoer has hovered just below 100% for most of the year, according to a Financial ...

GREITS for the best property on the planet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... planet," said Kavouris. The challenge for investors is to look beyond the REIT shake-out that occurred during and after the GFC as the sector has gone though a major deleveraging and restructure. But there are major differences between GREITs and investors ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... the fastest rate since the third quarter of 2007. Yes, that was even before Bear Stearns got the wobblies and set off the GFC (though many will say it was Lehman's bankruptcy in 2008). And why not? Only 5.1% of us are unemployed (full employment if you ...

Barclays chief resigns

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... suggests Tucker had given Barclays implicit encouragement to lower the submission for calculating Libor at the height of the GFC to present a better picture of the bank's financial situation. The memo also indicates Tucker told Diamond he had also fielded ...

Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... economic analysis from Colonial First State reported that 84% of Australian government bonds issued since the start of the GFC have been sold to foreign investors. This is reinforced by reports that central banks, including the European Central Bank ...

Zenith signs ex-S&P client

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... clients. "It's difficult for advisers to show their performance if they are just doing direct equities with clients, once the GFC hit there was a reaction against managed funds and a shift to direct equities. "Advisers are seeing that it's not as easy ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... started doing. Not to say that there won't be anymore downside to equities but those waiting for, say the S&P 500 to revisit its GFC low of 676 points, might as well watch grass grow in winter. After having been through that episode, governments and ...

Premium China expands distribution team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... capital wiped out - which is something they often don't understand." Although Australians are comfortable with equities and post-GFC have a reasonable understanding of hedge funds and alternatives, the level of education needed on debt is significant ...