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Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... "Bridgewater Bets on Stocks as Cash Moves Into Market". "You want to be borrowing cash and hold almost anything against it," Prince said, according to a transcript of the call obtained by Bloomberg News. "We are at a possible inflection point right now ...

Markets await promising China leadership change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
China's upcoming leadership change will bring significant economic reforms promoting market efficiency and putting an end to fears of a hard landing, according to Threadneedle's Gigi Chan. As Barrack Obama prepares for four more years in office in the ...

Australian Philanthropic appoints new CEO

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... Cuffe. Prior to Perpetual, Ruffell held senior roles with the Royal Agricultural Society Foundation, Mission Australia, The Prince's Trust in the UK and ING Australia. In her most recent role, Ruffell was responsible for establishing and administering ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
This isn't supposed to happen. Have you seen the headlines over the past 24 hours? There was bad news almost everywhere from Australian broadcaster Alan Jones chastised by the media (social or otherwise) to Britain's princess Kate snapped - bottomless ...

100% world recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
Unless Prince William is snapped with his pants down (ala Prince Harry), there ain't much to goose the financial markets this week. It'll be the same as the past five boring trading days Virginia. Sitting and waiting and hoping - and reacting every ...

Sovereigns need not apply

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... smack down. Have you ever heard of the phrase, "don't lend credence to a rumour until it is officially denied"? The fresh prince of the ECB, Mario Draghi, just did that - officially denied weeks of gossip that it's gonna mint fresh euros. Sovereigns ...

ACSI helps push News Corp negative vote to 35%

ALEX DUNNIN, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... negative votes were so significant the board was forced to rely on the supporting votes of the Murdoch Family and Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. "This protest vote is a clear message from global investors that the current quality of corporate governance ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... GFC-related stress reliever (for the record, I don't think it is), it doesn't in any way whatsoever excuse the man's - any man's (prince or pauper) -- behaviour. It's an interesting human-interest story but not one that would inhibit the normal functioning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... day. The London market now is closed for a four-day break, with an extra public holiday on Friday to mark the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The market reopens on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks ended mixed on Thursday as dealers took ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...