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Korea and Taiwan may move to developed status

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... already holding for Korea and Taiwan," he said. "They would be likely to rise." "Stocks such as Samsung Electronics - it's huge, but it's listed in an emerging market country so developed market funds couldn't invest in Samsung." Series said the move ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... Athens debt default. Merkel's apparent change of heart, after a Berlin meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, was a huge relief after weeks of growing anxiety that her hardline stand on making the private sector pay some of the cost could lead ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... finances, economic affairs commissioner Olli Rehn was quoted as saying Sunday. "Generally what we're seeing is that there's not a huge amount to go on," Mr Weston said. "The mere fact that the US and UK are on holidays suggests that we are going to be ...

RBC Dexia opens Thailand for Aberdeen

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... same global system with the same technology throughout Asia was a real differentiator for RBC Dexia, especially with the huge growth in emerging markets. While it has been developed specifically for Aberdeen, Reuter, said in the future it could be extended ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... economic activity to produce a durable recovery? Or would the current soft patch the US economy finds itself in - and its huge debt and deficit and the European sovereign debt crisis and fiscal austerity measures there and the tensions in the MENA region ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... entertainment giant Sony reported its third annual loss in a row, but forecast a return to the black this year despite a huge online attack. The electronics giant closed flat before the announcement. In other markets, Taipei gained 0.70 per cent, Manila ...

Fixed interest ETFs to fill "massive hole"

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
The introduction of fixed income products will spark huge development in the Australian ETF market, according to issuers, if as expected, they are authorised later this year. The ASX does not currently allow fixed income products to be listed although ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... found a bigger fish to fry, cutting Italy's credit outlook from stable to negative. There's trouble in Spain too with the huge losses suffered by Prime Minister Zapatero's ruling Socialist Party at the local and regional elections. The speculation is ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... pressure on interest rates. "Uncle Buck is back. Currency markets are also referred to as leaders to stocks. Trading volume is huge, but more driven by governments and billionaires than pension plans and gamblers. The first few weeks of May have witnessed ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa warning that the country is in a "severe state". It's still in deflation, it's got a huge public debt and now many of its production facilities have been inoperable in the aftermath of the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear ...