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When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010

... include various clauses involving measures to reduce the deficit (ouch!) - may not be the ones to implement them next year. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced that he would call for an election after the passing of the government budget in December. ...

Ireland gives in to EU bailout

JOHN MCDULING | MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010

The Irish government has finally caved into the pressure and requested assistance from the European Union and IMF to solve its fiscal crisis and enable it to prop up its ailing banks. The Guardian newspaper reported that Ireland would receive a,-70 ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010

... Everything's turning up daisies one more time. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Hate to say this but... didn't I tell you it would? That the Irish problem, like Greece's and Dubai's, would go away - or at least relegated till the next European debt scare when financial ...

When Irish eyes are frowning

JOHN MCDULING | THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010

Local fixed interest managers are positioning their portfolios carefully to avoid the Irish fiscal hangover and to exploit opportunities. The European sovereign debt crisis, which has been bubbling under the surface for months now, has resurfaced and ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010

... back to the US dollar, and together with its restrictions, speculative hot money inflows would ease somewhat. Now for those Irish eyes that have lost their smiles. I think it was only a week ago when the Irish issue first re-emerged on the financial ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010

... this path in the middle of this year. Financial markets eventually got over it. They're still buying Greek, Portuguese, Irish, Spanish and Italian bonds. The additional money now sloshing in the system would find their way there too.

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010

... in the US dollar (bring me the head of the one who said that the US currency would be a worthless piece of paper). When Irish eyes are not smiling. An Irish newspaper report questioning the government's capacity to reduce spending next year sent credit ...

Wonderfully wrong September

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010

... with Europe's sovereign debt. It might flare up again. Wait... it's flared up again. Bloomberg reported last night that, "Irish 10-year yields surged 17 basis points to 6.74 percent and the premium investors demand to own the bonds instead of benchmark ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010

... circulate in the economy means reduced growth. And what do we get when there's new sovereign debt worries, spreads blow out. Irish and Portuguese bond spreads to German bunds widened to record highs while still-wide Greek bond spreads rose to their highest ...

SSgA cuts securities lending on fixed income funds

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010

... securities lending program for a range of UCITS fixed income funds. SSgA, a prominent securities lender, announced on the Irish Stock Exchange last week that it had stopped its securities lending program on 13 July. It had also started the closure of ...

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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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