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Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... the "hope" trade and now we have the "headline" trade. And this you and I can plainly see on the intra-day ticks of last night's trading activity. Major equity markets in Asia and most of Europe -- Italy ended 1.3% up which is ironic as you'll read later ...

Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... week was long enough for Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to turn from hero to zero. Hero. All seemed well after the night of 27 October. Every finance minister and his dog literally burned the midnight oil to try and cobble together a comprehensive ...

Shape up or ship out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... just imagine how incensed those money authorities are at this Papandreou bombshell. After burning the midnight oil on the night of the 27th of October to hammer a deal, Papandreou does this? Deal, what deal? Forget the deal, everything's up in the air ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... oscillation we get when we don't get earth-shattering news. And that's exactly what we got from the US Federal Reserve last night - much ado about nada. No change in the fed funds rate. They did promise to keep this on ice until 2013 two FOMC meetings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... manufacturing figures. HiFX senior trader Stuart Ive said concerns over Greece caused the Australian dollar to fall on Tuesday night. "It was a case of Greece adding to the downward momentum we saw yesterday," he said from Auckland. "We saw currencies ...

FICAP on course for another successful fundraising event

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... Community Aid Programme (FICAP) RockStar, will be held at The Metro in Sydney on 21 March. FICAP supporters came together last night in Sydney to hear from previous beneficiaries about how their fundraising efforts to date have helped them. These included ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... financial markets liked the sound of that. Major European equity indices soared between 2.9% (FTSE-100) and 6.3 (CAC-40) last night while on Wall Street the S&P 500 jumped by 3.4% as reports swirled on cyberspace that the Europeans have agreed to agree. ...

MacMillan wins AFA Adviser of the Year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... been named Adviser of the Year for 2011. The award, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services Australia, was announced last night at the closing Gala Awards Dinner in front around 650 delegates. AFA chief executive, Richard Klipin, said MacMillan was chosen ...

Asia growth to transform business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... business threats and opportunities will be. Dr Anil K. Gupta, an emerging markets and globalisation expert, speaking at last night's Finsia 125th anniversary Gala Dinner, said, "By 2020 BRIC countries will be 50% of world GDP so they will be front and ...

Finsia announces award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
Finsia last night announced five financial services professionals as award winners for outstanding contributions to the industry. The award for most outstanding industry contribution went to Dr Maurice Newman AC, former chair of Deutsche Bank Australia ...