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Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... functioning of the monetary policy transmission channel, they come within our mandate... Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro... believe me, it will be enough." Financial markets did. They believed him. The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... chief's pledge of support for the euro, easing tensions over the eurozone's long-running sovereign debt crisis. The "ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And, believe me, it will be enough," Mario Draghi told a conference in London ...

SFG rolls out FOFA-ready MDA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SFG Australia has rolled-out FOFA-ready managed portfolio and dynamic portfolio update services to its advice network. Colonial First State Custom Solutions is administering the new offerings via the Symetry Endeavour Portfolio Service. The rollouts ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... 34.4 in May and temp hirings rose by 25,000 following a 19,000 addition in May. These suggest that while employers aren't ready yet to hire more full-timers, they are working their existing ones harder to meet consumer demand. Yes, Virginia, there is ...

More liquidity in alternative strategies: S&P

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... other "long volatility" profile strategies are garnering greater allocation within Fund-of-hedge-fund (FoHFs). Also, the ready availability of ETFs and alternative beta products is putting fee pressure on strategies with higher levels of traditional ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... game of chickens played but the EU leaders' actions last week proved once again that when it comes to the crunch, they're ready to compromise for the simple, yet overriding reason, that it's in no one's self-preserving interest to see the euro disappear. ...

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... say or what he thinks or no thinking. This time is the time to be more prudent to stay on the sidelines with cash at the ready until Europe's politicians make up their minds and visibility becomes less murky.

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... scheduled at the end of this month - the economy is not strong enough and has even downshifted. At the same time, the Fed isn't ready yet to issue fresh mints - the economy isn't weak enough. The Dow fell by 2.0%, the S&P 500 declined by 2.2% and the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... disappointed investors and traders as well," Mr Le Brun said. Mr Le Brun noted that the Federal Reserve had said that it stood ready to do more should economic conditions warrant it. "US markets are only four per cent off their 2012 highs at the moment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... government, easing, at least briefly, deep fears that the election would unleash an economic tsunami. As central banks stood ready to intervene in case of financial turmoil, Greece held its second election in six weeks after an inconclusive ballot on ...