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Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... his May investment outlook, Gross wrote that in recent years ratings agencies have displayed little "second grade intelligence" and/or "CQ (Common Sense Quotient)". "In addition, they have brazenly sold their reputations for unbiased judgment to the ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... worst of the worst that could happen. Last night's successful bond sale in Spain justifies the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) view that the European crisis is not as bad as the spin doctors would have you believe. The world's been through ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... his May investment outlook, Gross wrote that in recent years ratings agencies have displayed little "second grade intelligence" and/or "CQ (Common Sense Quotient)". "In addition, they have brazenly sold their reputations for unbiased judgment to the ...

Knee-jerk reaction to late action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... for Johnnies-come-lately credit rating agencies to yell, "run!" But leave it to our team at the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU). As it stands, the equity market's behaviour to the recent rout confirms our view that investors are still at ...

Enviable problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... country's jobless rate would not stop climbing until it hit double-digits. I typed 'most' because our Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) did not buy into this guesstimate, instead calculating Australia's unemployment rate to reach 5.5 per cent ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful." Warren Buffett Like Warren, the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) went against the flow of extreme fright prevailing at the time. Below is what we thought of the events of 9 March ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... was almost universal agreement that Australia had it in - it's doomed. Well...except perhaps the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU). "Job losses worst for 18 years" (AFR). "Australian Jobless Rate Climbs to 4-Year High of 5.2%" (Bloomberg) were ...

Planners sidelined for self-investing strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... advisers, be they fund managers or accountants or brokers," said Alan Shields, research director for Retail Finance Intelligence on the survey results. Advisers commissions have also come under the spotlight, adding to the mistrust of both planners and ...

AXA appoints new GMs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... development teams. The general manager, national accounts will have a greater focus on relationship building, account intelligence and product sales across the current national accounts segment. The general manager, marketing and strategy will be responsible ...

Season's Greetings from the Financial Standard team

... until that time, the website will remain active and readers will still have full access to the news archives and Intelligence Unit research and analysis. We thank you for your support and look forward to discussing the issues affecting the financial ...