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Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... after a positive lead from Wall Street on Friday. NEW YORK - US sharemarkets were closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King holiday. On Friday, Wall Street managed its second straight comeback, but the rebound was more a sign of the market's turmoil ...

Aussie tech providers score overseas deals

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... look elsewhere for an administration provider after UBS decided to stop providing the service in November last year. James King, head of Price Bailey Private Clients, said the firm remained committed to providing a 'one-stop shop' to its clients without ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Red alert! Red alert! China is slowing. China is slowing. Persistent punches by the global financial crisis has knocked out the economies of the United States, the Eurozone, Japan and the United Kingdom to name a few. By its sheer size and ongoing industrialisation ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
Today we welcome the last of the 'ber' months - December. Chances are this month will go the way of the other three 'bers' that preceded it as fresh data proceeds to tell the story of global economic weakness and financial market uncertainty. While ...

Unlisted still king: MTAA Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Financial crises are stress tests of investment strategies, and the $6.1 billion MTAA Super believes its position is still strong amidst the economic turmoil due to its heavy investments in unlisted assets. MTAA Super, which was awarded SelectingSuper's ...

Hyperion appoints chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... board, d'Almeida founded the Retail Food Group Australia developing growth strategies for the company's brands including Donut King and BB's Coffee locally. He remains chair of Bartercard Australia, The Institute of Business Leaders and the Federal Government's ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Just less than a year ago, households, businesses and financial markets were bracing for crude oil at US$200 a barrel. And in July 2008, this fear threatened to become a reality when crude oil prices topped US$147.27 a barrel in the international markets. ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...

Mine's bigger than yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Slashers. This is what most central banks around the world have become as their respective economies appear oblivious to the myriad of rescue packages and the amount of money that is already flooding the system. The dire straits the global economy is ...