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Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... extension of sanctions on Russia through January, calling the measure self-defeating and accusing the West of crass anti-Russian bias by timing the decision to the nation's commemoration of the Soviet victims of World War II." The news intensified the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... The US gains followed a strong day for European equities after the announcement of a peace roadmap between Kiev and pro-Russian rebels. Still Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and others cautioned that implementing the agreement would not be easy. ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
Chances are there won't be any "shirt-fronting" happening in Beijing when Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces-off with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week. Tony doesn't have to, Russia's very own central bank have done it for him days ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... shield Australia from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and the collapse of Long-term Capital Management (LTCM) and the Russian debt default in 1998. It was the dollar-A's drop from around US$0.65 in early 2000 to US$0.49 that saved the country from the ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index lost 16.6 (0.36 per cent) at 4,575.21. The US and European Union unveiled new sanctions on Russian banking and energy companies, a plan that was immediately attacked by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Solid reports ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... international) have not departed far from what it was looking at - and based its forecasts on - less than a month ago. Russian aggression came off the boil in the middle of August - it was on the boil when they met earlier that month, it's on the boil ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened flat despite reports that Russian that are actively fighting in eastern Ukraine spooking markets overnight. All major US and European markets lost ground overnight as NATO said at least 1,00 Russian troops were ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... equity markets flashed red from New York to Rio and old London town as geo-political risks resurfaced following reports of Russian 'incursion' into Ukraine. That's if you believe this morning's headlines - geo-political tensions haven't gone away, investors ...

Fund managers: Tide turning in emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... 2014 are likely to be geopolitical risks and interest rate sensitivity. "Ongoing tensions in Ukraine have impacted the Russian economy and the escalation of sanctions will have a broader impact on a fragile European economy. The earnings impact from ...