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Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012

... care of that. In addition, with expectations so low on the outcome of this week's summit, it wouldn't take much - a German nod, perhaps - to squeeze out the shorts. If there's one certain thing in the current investment environment it's that it's highly ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012

Uh-oh. Here's looking at you kid, and kid you're not looking good. A weaker-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report released during the Easter break punctuated a week of not so good news for the equity markets, re-igniting the uncertainty over America's ...

UBS GAM scores EUR 500 million mandate

ELISE BURGESS | MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011

... currently manages around EUR 50 billion. Roddy Sloan, head of global multi-managers and securities for GRE, said the mandate was a nod to GRE's credentials as a global real estate multi-manager. "This new mandate from BVK, regarded as one of Germany's ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011

... a done deal - notwithstanding reports that teenie-weenie Slovakia is playing hard ball - following the German parliament's nod. Now the spotlight is back on Greece where auditors from the IMF, the EU and the ECB have started auditing to check how much ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011

The Australian market looks set to open higher, after wall overnight closed up two per cent as upbeat US consumer spending figures lifted hopes that economic growth will pick up and Hurricane Irene caused less damage than feared. At 0714 AEST on Tuesday ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011

... begins to shine, the sky turns blue and the heavens smile. And why wouldn't investors feel like the heavens had given them the nod to "make their day"? That nagging, niggling bugbear of America's economy - its labour market has done a boing! Reports ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS | THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011

TOWER Australia and CommInsure both named Life Company of the Year in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life awards held yesterday. In a surprise, the two life insurers ranked equal in the main category, with the awards committee ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010

"...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial ...

Fin services tech firms get nod from NSW govt

COMPANY RELEASE | FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009

Strategic Risk International, Milestone Group and Fintechnix are among the nine New South Wales-based financial services technology providers being promoted by the local government at an industry conference in Sydney. The two-day conference, Technology ...

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Keystone Asset Management to be wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

Keystone Asset Management will be liquidated, as ASIC investigates exactly what's happened to funds invested in the Shield Master Fund.

Sally Auld to take on chief economist role at NAB

ELIZA BAVIN

Alan Oster will retire from NAB after 32 years in the chief economist role, with Sally Auld set to replace him - creating another open position at JBWere.

Praemium partners to bring structured products to HNWIs

MATTHEW WAI

Praemium inked a deal with Stropro, an alternative investment platform, to offer financial advisers improved access to structured products to better meet the evolving needs of their high-net-worth (HNW) clients.

Nuveen extends private credit fund to Australian investors

ELIZA BAVIN

The global asset manager's private credit income fund will now be available to Australian wholesale investors.

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