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Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017

... where 2016 left off - good tidings and cheers on the global economy and risk appetites. If there are lessons that you, I and Irene should learn over the year just passed, it is that the "January effect" -- the hypothesis that the stock market's performance ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016

It's now a week before Christmas and two before we bid 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016

... day when the Fed finally gets to go ahead and push rate hike button numero dos. The second coming if you will. You, I and Irene and our uncles expect them to do so that, ironically, there'll be a price to pay if the Fed doesn't deliver. Questions would ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016

... dots gives us greater certainty as to where US interest rates are headed. The same way the Fed forward guided you, I and Irene into four rate hikes this year at the start of 2016... which became just two a few months later... and now one (maybe). Nobody ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016

... other's necks, but as any scribe would know, it's the bad news, the scares, that get more eyeballs, reason why you, I and Irene are getting much more than a serving of Brexit scares than we care to digest. Then again, maybe not. For sure, the top honchos ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016

... away....and this, when over the past few days, many a Fed henchmen - voters and non-voters alike - were forward-guiding you, I and Irene and our uncles that a rate hike is coming... maybe in June, perhaps in July... and to expect not one but two or three ...

Advisers halt HNW slide

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016

... question of the adviser's expertise which is central to building perceptions of value," Investment Trends senior analyst Irene Guiamatsia said. "The onus is on advisers to rethink their approach to service delivery. It is about engaging investors in ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016

Borrowers rejoice! Imagine how good it would be to have banks and other lending institutions pay you, I and Irene to take their money for whatever purpose we want to use them for - a facelift, a tummy tuck, education, holidays, a new car, another mortgage ...

RBA Gov on Fed lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015

... whatever happens on Thursday. So the discussion will be the pace or the frequency of future moves".... and like you, I and Irene: "...we have to wait to see what the Fed says". To which if I may add, how the markets react to what the Fed says. Still ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015

... counter-measures. To be sure, the SNB's intervention - if, indeed it is intervening - should come as no surprise to you, I and Irene. We've been warned... way back in January, "If necessary, it will therefore remain active in the foreign exchange market ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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