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Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
Is this the moment of truth? Is this the thing that'll shoo the residual bears -- that still loiter the streets of the financial markets - back into a long period of hibernation? Is this the one that could finally convince one and all that we are indeed ...

J.P. Morgan strengthens local derivatives hub

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
J.P. Morgan Treasury & Securities Services (TSS) is set to grow its local arm by at least 100 new staff this year and improve its derivatives-related services in Australia. David Braga, head of product at J.P. Morgan Treasury and Security Services Australia ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
United we stand, divided... the euro's sunk! Rambo. What was Germany thinking, going it alone to battle the battalions of speculators determined to burn the euro to the ground? Germany banned the naked short selling on European government bonds, shares ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
If you can't beat 'em, regulate 'em... again. The Germans must have been standing too close to the euro kitchen that they could no longer bear the heat. After all, them Deutsche -- more than any other Eurozone-member nation -- have much at stake and ...

Shocked, not awed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
Shocked maybe...but not awed. The recent financial market movements -- yes, those downs... then ups... then downs -- we've seen this week immediately before and after the European Union's announcement of a 750 billion bail out package indicate that ...

Do nothing budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
"Those looking for a big spending pre-election budget won't find one." This is what Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan told Parliament on Budget night. And he wasn't kidding. Sure there were a few government giveaways... a few takes, but compared ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
In the words of Coney Francis, "Who's sorry now?" "I tried to warn you somehow You had your way Who's sorry now..." Shocked and awed. Yes, Virginia, this was how speculators felt when they were forced to cover their short positions after the European ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
If I didn't know better, I would think that the Australian Treasury Secretary's name is Henry Review instead of Dr. Ken Henry. Look around you...pick up a paper...click on a mouse, and you're sure to find Dr. Ken Henry Tax Review splattered across the ...

Liar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808) Greece has just climb 10 notches up crap creek when Eurostat - the European Union's official Statistician - called it a liar. Eurostat revealed last ...

Rules, rules, rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Do you know what Moses did when God handed him the Ten Commandments? He squatted beside the burning bush, placed both hands on his face and cried, "Rules, rules, rules... too many rules!" But unlike Moses, America's biggest banks are not squatting and ...