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The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... the RBA to water but you could not make drink. The Australian central bank saw it the way at the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) did. What we said, "The lag in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy means that the RBA's November and ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... Angeles Times published an article 13 February 2009 reporting that, "Dennis Blair, Obama's new director of national intelligence, tells Congress that the crisis could topple governments, trigger waves of refugees and undermine allies' ability to help." ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... the Maastricht Treaty requiring Eurozone members not to have a budget deficit greater than 3% of GDP? On Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) data, only 3 years after the adoption of the euro - and the Treaty - in 1999, Germany's budget deficit went beyond ...

Hunter Hall executive board changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... Society, Australian Conservation Foundation, the Australian Greens and Animals Australia. "She [Naomi] brings high intelligence and deep experience in investment management and finance that will be of great benefit to our company as we face the complex ...

Social media crises on the rise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... or causes financial loss through boycott or a drop in share price. James Griffin, a partner from SR7 Social Media Intelligence, said that of the Altimeter research on 50 social media crises, the results found almost half could have been avoided if the ...

ASIC opens dialogue with hedge funds

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... role of service providers, valuation practices, liquidity and conflicts management, etc. "We also hope to gather intelligence on badly run funds, suspicious trading and ineffectual gatekeepers," he said. "Indeed it will benefit the sector as it will ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... to the WSJ, the country's budget deficit will exceed 8.5% of GDP this year (10% of GDP according to The Economist Intelligence Unit), "as the government struggles to meet revenue goals." How in hell could you expect additional revenues when you've sacked ...

Software helps financial advisers pin down most valuable clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... financial practice managers to see which advisers bring in the most revenue and from which products. COIN Business Intelligence is a re-badged upgrade of the former Olicc software and has now been integrated into COIN Office. Robert McCabe, Macquarie ...

Social media insurance wanted for share price protection

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... how responsibility a company is for its own social media profile. Peter Fraser, a founding partner of social media intelligence company, SR7, told delegates that interest from boards to explore social media had skyrocketed over recent years, but there ...

BlackRock creates new invest comms role

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... market. He will also chair BlackRock's editorial board in Australia. "Globally, clients are demanding industry-leading intelligence - and they are looking to BlackRock to provide it," said Damien Frawley, chief executive, BlackRock Australia. "Albert's ...