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Still a lucky country: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... Within this group, around 16.5 per cent expect to top up their contributions next year. Craig Phillips, head of market intelligence at CoreData, said that Australia has had it better than other countries, as the last three interest rate rises prove. ...

You're dreaming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... instead of the 8.75 per cent it predicted last May. At this point, I like to make a plug for our Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) team. In my last piece for 2008 - "Beautiful set of numbers, 12 December 2008 - I wrote about FSIU's forecast. ...

Finance firms must highlight career opps

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... This issue could become especially pertinent after Stephen Harvey, founder and chief operating officer at Talent Intelligence, described the "talent hibernation", where employees were holding onto their existing jobs and not seeking other opportunities ...

FBI hunts down bank fraudsters

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... steps to identify and disrupt sophisticated criminal enterprises targeting the financial infrastructure in the US. Intelligence developed during this initiative prompted the FBI and Egyptian authorities to agree to pursue a joint investigation into the ...

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... cent - significantly cheaper than the 4.82 per cent rate back in October 2008 and the lowest the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) has on its record. But while it appears that liquidity and credit are again starting to flow, trade flows are ...

The return of the cocooning consumer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... similar to the way people saved after the Great Depression, research shows. Research conducted by Retail Finance Intelligence (Rfi) found the return of the 'cocooning' consumer: people who are shunning property and shares in favour of cold, hard cash ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... work have now recanted - some continue to hold their ground, but their numbers are shrinking. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) has, at no point in time, doubted that so much money poured into the system will work. The FSIU argued several ...

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... is perhaps the Government does not need to engage in more stimulatory spending because as the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) had been arguing all along, the fiscal and monetary stimulus measures are working. Even Access Economics has more ...

When it's too late

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... Nouriel Roubini, has already come out of the bear closet and declared he has turned bull. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) has been arguing all along that the equity markets left bottom back in March despite only second derivative improvements ...

Pocketing the change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... night or I'll be pulling more hair off my already balding head. Investor's Business Daily and TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence reported improving confidence among Americans. The IBD/TIPP index of economic optimism rose to 49.1 in April from 45.3 in ...