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A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
id the holy spirit just give us a sign? Nah Virgina, I'm speak not of the one-third of the 'Holy Trinity' that is central to the Christian faith but the bank named after it in Portugal - Banco Espiritu Santo. Trading in scripts and bonds issued by Portugal's ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... remains close to all-time highs... and this hides depression-like 20%-plus rates of joblessness in member nations like Spain (25.9% overall with youth unemployment at 53.9%) and Greece (26.5% overall with youth unemployment at 56.9%). This would become ...

Fresh Orient Capital acquisitions expand European operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
Australian investor services provider Orient Capital has pushed further into the European market with the acquisition of London-based capital markets intelligence business King Worldwide Investor Relations. The group has also acquired a 50% interest ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
"Movin' on up Nothing can stop me Moving on up" - M People The Philippines has not made international headlines since Super Typhoon Haiyan wrought severe destruction in the country on 8 November 2013. To this day, rebuilding of infrastructures, homes ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Only 2 economists out of the 57 in Bloomberg's survey and just 2 - perhaps the same 2 - out of 72 economist polled by Reuters got it wrong. Think it's safe to say that these two economists (or four, in case they aren't the same two) expected the European ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
"There's a reason for the sunshinin' sky There's a reason why I'm feeling so high Must be the season when that love light shines all around us..." - Bellamy Brothers Quite fitting don't you think? Equity markets everywhere felt the 'love' on the week ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets. At 0859 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 5,257. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA spied on Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany and Spain (National Post). News? That's no news? Everybody knows it. News would be if the NSA didn't or the NSA missed a single country ...

Adapt clients to slower global growth: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
The global economy is likely to experience a period of slow growth that will last from two to five years, PIMCO head of Global Product Management David Fisher said. "Advisers need to think about ways to adapt client portfolios to a changing and different ...

Investor interest shifts to European credit

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Investors are starting to take an interest in European credit as the US political deadlock continues with no end in sight. HSBC global chief investment officer of fixed income Xavier Baraton told Financial Standard that "big investment funds in Asia ...