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Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... Coming as it did on the first trading day after Standard & Poor's downgrade of America's credit worthiness, it was perfectly human for those in the don't know to attribute last night's carnage to USA losing one A. It didn't help that Standard & Poor's ...

Regnan announces new manager director

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... to ensure they're managing their risk in relations to their emissions," she added. Regnan looks into ESG factors such as human capital and how companies are managing health and safety in the workplace. Wilson said Regnan would continue to engage with ...

Former AIST chief takes on age discrimination

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... as the new age discrimination commissioner. The role will be allocated $4 million over four years through the Australian Human Rights Commission. Ms Ryan has proven experience in addressing discrimination, implementing anti-discrimination policy and ...

London hedge fund banking on Twitter

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... launched earlier this month, will use sentiment derived from social media data analysis from sites like Twitter to gauge human emotions and influence trading decisions. Derwent Capital's portfolio will consist of liquid equities and equity indices with ...

CFS builds in corporate super

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... Employer Super (FCES). Staff turnover is a major hurdle for many employer super funds, according to research by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI), which found that Australian employers experience an average annual turnover of 18 per cent ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... is), it doesn't in any way whatsoever excuse the man's - any man's (prince or pauper) -- behaviour. It's an interesting human-interest story but not one that would inhibit the normal functioning of the IMF. The same way that last week's increased volatility ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... institutional investors with a scoring model to strip down a company's ESG practices by environmental management, climate change, human and labour rights, supply chain labour standards, corporate governance and countering bribery. Ratings are risk relative ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
"When I find myself in times of trouble... Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be." - The Beatles Nice song, sound advice but not, it seems, if the French can help it. The International Monetary and Financial ...

Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... that these uncertainties will happen before you set sail for the first quarter, tell me what would you do? Your natural human reaction would probably be to keep your hard earned cash in cash - it's safer that way - because you'll probably be pencilling ...

JMK rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... head watching the financial markets' reaction to the current events that normally would sap optimism out of any rational human investor. Inured? Yes Virginia, you're well aware of all the troubles that have come our way since the year 2011 started. But ...