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Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... and they will also lessen pressure on inflation which, in turn, would reduce monetary tightening pressure among central banks. Another dip, another buying op.

Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... to escalating commodity prices, in particular the spike in the prices of food and oil. This will prompt calls for central banks to end quantitative easing and/or tighten monetary policy. Chinese authorities have already tighten and will be tightening ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... under your bed. The risk of your money getting devoured by bed bugs is less than almost zero per cent offered by the central banks of these countries and the risk of it being swamped liquidity they've flooded their economies. There's Australia's inflation ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... and the debasement of paper currencies resulting from the pumping of money, money, money by the world's biggest central banks. The tension in Libya and the MENA region is certainly a factor for continued gains in energy prices - up 35.5 per cent since ...

PineBridge enjoys strong inflows in EM debt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... patterns - they're not as normal as you'd like them to be - and in some ways, that has driven up prices." That said, central banks have responded to this by tightening their monetary policies. "In that sense, we think a lot of the bad news we read about ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... the greater the toll on Japan, its economy, its people and the financial markets, the greater the likelihood that central banks will be pumping more money into the financial system. Stay safe people of Japan.

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... contrast to the very low interest rates and quantitative easing programs currently engaged in by developed nations' central banks. The recent rise of food and energy prices - commodities that constitute a greater proportion spending in emerging markets ...

Bank blocks pension gold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... governments. "To protect against the euro uncertainty SPVG has chosen to invest in gold. This is the same argument of central banks and IMF to hold large gold positions," SPVG said in a statement. In 2009 SPVG sold off its 17 per cent investment in equities ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... world economic growth to 4.4 per cent this year and 4.5 per cent in 2012. Ahh, but with growth comes inflation. Central banks are going to be raising interest rates soon - those in the emerging markets have already been doing this since last year -- ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... by 1.5 per cent in January - more than the expected 0.8 per cent increase. Rising inflation poses a dilemma for central banks. They're unable (unwilling?) to risk raising interest rates to combat inflation while their economic recovery remains fragile. ...

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Renato Mota takes on new board position

ELIZA BAVIN
Renato Mota has joined the board of a $14 billion super fund along with another financial services stalwart.

Aegon AM gears up to take on local bond managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR
Aegon Asset Management is close to launching its first Australian fund, months after the US$446 billion manager unveiled plans to enter the tightly contested local bond market.

MLC slips global shares into neutral, hits gas on alternatives

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
MLC has pulled its global and emerging-market equity positions back to neutral, while continuing to deploy capital into alternatives.

North Americans bargain hunt Down Under: Report

KARREN VERGARA
North Americans' merger and acquisition (M&A) appetite for Australian companies will only intensify in 2027 as they chase undervalued assets, according to a new report.

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