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ING IM appoints Taurus for gold strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... depreciation and growing demand with current limited supply due to capacity restraints," he said. "China and Russia central banks are moving to diverse their US dollar holdings and gold is a known strategy to diverse during unsettled times." He said ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
It wasn't that too long ago that central banks the world over were losing their attraction for the US dollar and diversifying their currency reserves. China, Russia, Asian and Middle Eastern central banks were falling in love with the yen and the euro ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... hard commodities such as gold provide a safer haven. Explanation two. Because of this distrust for the US currency, central banks are now beginning to stock up on gold as part of their reserves. India, for instance, made the headlines last October when ...

One down, more to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... previously announced. In addition, the temporary liquidity swap arrangements between the Federal Reserve and other central banks will expire on February 1. The Federal Reserve is in the process of winding down its Term Auction Facility: $50 billion in ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... be company earnings running below "raised" expectations. We thought it would be challenging because major world central banks are getting itchy fingers in withdrawing their quantitative easing programs and/or pondering inching interest rates higher. ...

Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... GFC might as well stand for 'Good for China'. For the same financial crisis that continue to worry governments and central banks of many developed economies has elevated China onto the world stage. Latest reports show that China has already overtaken ...

Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... might be standing on 10 per cent unemployment rate at this time. But they didn't and they won't. Governments and central banks of the world - including Australia -- have cranked up their printing presses, which at the very least changed the economic ...

Company sales earnings on hold till 2011: Zurich

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... while found in pockets of the country such as Western Australia, would not be a national issue but called upon the central banks worldwide to help prevent asset price bubbles. "Central banks around the world have to focus on asset price bubbles and they ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... IMF - is offering to buy the 201.3 tonnes remaining in the IMF's coffers. But with the US dollar in decline, other central banks are looking to increase their reserves too. Think China. Think Japan. Think Russia. And all other central banks which are ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... fees. Demand and supply, remember? Gold has come a long way from being an unloved asset. In the late 1990s, world central banks were even asked - nay, begged - to stop unloading their gold holdings to prevent the price from collapsing. Central banks ...