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German FM defends Euro

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... public debt and over leveraging by ill-advised banks. This is why the 2008 global financial crisis in Europe "morphed into a crisis of confidence, questioning the political will and determination of Eurozone members to fix the flaws in the construction ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... point is that it's again beginning to stir as yet another gabfest in Europe reminds all and sundry that there's still a crisis there. As a result, most European equity indices fell by more than 1% while we slept. And to think the European Central Bank's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... most markets rose over the past week on hopes that after several failed attempts, Europe's leaders would finally resolve a crisis that threatens to tear the currency union apart and lead to another global downturn. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell ...

AIA Australia launches life product upgrade

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Life insurance provider AIA Australia has upgraded its priority protection product to include severe diabetes as a crisis event under its benefits listings in response to skyrocketing cases in the Australian population. It is reported that some 275 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... losses in the last hour of trade to end mostly higher despite doubts that the EU summit later this week will produce a crisis solution that would calm markets. After trading down most of the day, the markets got a boost from a late report from the Federal ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... significantly fresh out in terms of financial cyberspace news out last night. The European sovereign debt crisis remains a crisis. The cost of three-month Spanish bills auctioned last night more than doubled and the yield of its two-year bonds surged ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... lower than the 3.0-3.5% lows hit during the GFC. Investors are buying bunds at a time when the region is suffering from a crisis in sovereign bonds! Seems to me that the contagion stops at Germany. Or it could be a harbinger of a German recession. Nah. ...

Value has its risks in emerging markets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... director of Clearway Capital Solutions, which is helping Somerset to grow its business in Australia, said: "Typically after a crisis such as the one in 2008, intra-market stock correlations rise as investors are less discriminating in assessing economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... ministers' meeting before Wednesday's summit hiked concerns that the high-level talks will fail to produce a deal to end a crisis that has threatened to plunge the world economy into recession. Worried by surging inflation, China has ushered in several ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Merkel's comment on recapitalising the banks seemed to confirm reports the European Union was working on such a plan to tame a crisis which claimed its first victim, Dexia bank, this week. The news cheered markets which have fallen heavily on deepening ...