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Ratings houses silent on Japan fund fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Research houses Morningstar, Lonsec and Standard and Poor's say it is too early to tell what the fallout from the Japan earthquake disaster will be on the superannuation industry. Financial markets have been roiled, affecting super fund investments. ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
"Beware the ides of March." I thought I wasn't going to get to use this phrase as some form of metaphor for financial market behaviour this month. There were concerns over escalating price of oil due to tensions in the Middle East and Africa, there ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received negative leads from world equity and commodities markets as the sell-off continues due to the nuclear danger looming in Japan. However on the ASX 24 at 0736 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly weaker at noon as market jitters over the devastation in Japan escalate with news of another explosion at a nuclear power plant. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 100.65 US cents, down from Monday's ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... what were lost. There'll likely be more horror stories to come but this catastrophe will ultimately be a game changer for Japan - a change for a better economy.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... Japan battered investor confidence. The Australian bourse managed to claw back some of its earlier losses after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) injected $181 billion into that country's money markets to keep the economy moving following the devastating tsunami ...

Global shares, cat bonds review after Japan quake

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
A large hole has been punched in the Japanese economy by Friday's earthquake, with super funds tightlipped on the possible impact of exposure and advisors looking to their portfolios. Professor Andrew O'Neil, director of the Griffith Asia Institute ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
US treasuries may fall in value following the Japanese earthquake, with fixed-interest fund managers assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was higher at noon, amid speculation demand for commodities will ratchet up in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Japan. At 1200 AEDT on Monday, the local unit was trading at 100.88 US cents, up from Friday's local close ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from Wall Street over the weekend, although world markets appear tentative as they assess the impact of the Japanese earthquake on Friday. On the ASX 24 at 0718 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...