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Capital raising not total solution: CIFR

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... bailed out in times of stress. "But reducing the probability of governments needing to provide support to banks during a crisis could encourage better debtor discipline and hence discourage risk-taking," Moshirian said. The study argues that while there ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
It could be because we've been beating down on ourselves too much, too often and for so long that others think they come and have a go at us, Australians all, too. I was literally ROFL-ing when I read this piece from the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... Zhu believes China still needs to "move from imitation to innovation." Whether that will be possible without triggering a crisis, or a hard landing, is a key question. "We expect a grinding, multi-year economic slowdown but think policymakers will be ...

Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... most Australian companies had little exposure to Greece and to Europe generally, equities investors were experiencing a crisis of confidence and were fleeing to safe-haven alternatives such as the US dollar, Japanese yen and gold. On Sunday, Greece prime ...

Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Sit down, buckle up and hang on. Houston, we don't have a problem... we now have a crisis (yet again). More precisely, a replay of the Greek debt crisis. Just have a look at some of the headlines this morning: "Stocks all over the world are dropping ...

Opposition welcomes SME package, slams Google tax

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... have impacts on budgets. I don't blame Joe Hockey for the iron ore price. He played that irresponsible game of claiming a crisis every time our terms of trade changed. "I do hold him accountable for the impact of his own decisions on the budget which ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
The share market is more than 1% weaker as investors worry about sluggish global growth and the Ebola crisis in west Africa. All sectors are suffering losses as Asian share markets follow the downward trajectory of US and European markets. Weaker commodity ...

Van Eyk administrator optimistic of finding buyer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... will be decided, must be convened before October 21. Van Eyk entered voluntary administration on 15 September following a crisis in its Blueprint series of managed funds.

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... the heart attack - the best indicator of high volatility is extended low volatility." He said the consequence of such a crisis could be multiple reserve currencies, increased use and trading of special drawing rights, a return to the gold standard, and ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... 2014? Perhaps... maybe... possibly. For Houston, we have a problem! Oh sorry Houston, we haven't got a problem - we got a crisis! There's Argentina defaulting on its debt (again), there's Portugal and Banco Espiritu Santo (again), there's increased geo-political ...