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Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... argument for no Grexit. It's a piece written by Jon Hartley on Forbes magazine titled, "Greece And The Troika's 'Grexit' Game Theory". You can read it here. Jon argues that, "With respect to Europe's decision on whether or not to kick Greece out of the ...

Mandatory qualifications will lead to adviser exodus

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... UK in 2012. "It's already happened in the UK. Everyone thought it was just a Julia Gillard and industry fund conspiracy theory, but we're just mirroring what's already happening in the world," he said. "They lost about 30% of financial planners in banks ...

CMSF closes with focus on policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... representative nature and while also allowing for board development." He added: "We do not subscribe to the pure competition theory that any MySuper product should be allowed to be a default option for an employer." During the conference, Energy Super ...

Investors will need to be patient in 2015: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... happy with what we own and expect to be able to achieve satisfactory returns," Moore said. "The oil price coming down, in theory, should be a positive because it puts more money in the pockets mature economies but in the short-term it will create a bit ...

From oil at US$300 to oil at US$30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... ranging: from the classic supply and demand (or in this case, oversupply and under demand) to conspiracy theories to game theory and prisoners' dilemma, with a dashing of competitive advantage and marginal propensity to produce. The thing that got to ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... student of economics, I've heard about John Maynard Keynes' 'Paradox of Thrift', David Ricardo's 'Ricardian Equivalence Theory', A Alan Greenspan's 'Interest Rate Conundrum' (which appears to be making a return performance in the US) and of course, the ...

FEATURE: Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... the "bad risks" - i.e. people who are more likely to die or become disabled - would be a further increase in premiums. In theory this would mean group life cover would be more expensive than retail cover, thus robbing group insurance of its main selling ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... surplus, and secondly whether it is primarily a commodity or manufactured goods exporter." Power explained that by this theory, oil exporters could be grouped in the north-east bloc; sub-Saharan Africa, South America and Indonesia in the north-west bloc ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... Septembers. Investopedia says that: "There are several theories which attempt to explain this phenomenon. One particular theory points to the fact the summer months usually offer light trading volumes on the stock market, as a good deal of investors ...