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Vianova weathers financial crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... issuers, even governments, increase their yields to attract investors," he said. While the mortgage market has come under huge international scrutiny due to its role in the sub-prime crisis and mortgage funds come under seige, Bryant highlighted investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... not seen in more than five years as hopes fade that the US congress will soon put together an aid package for US carmakers. Huge declines in the financial and energy sectors led stocks lower. The Dow Jones settled down 444.99 or 5.56 per cent, at 7,552.29. ...

New dynamics, new realities: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Timor-Leste president and Nobel Peace laureate Dr Jose Ramos-Horta told delegates at the annual ASFA conference to prepare for the "new economic realities", where countries often overlooked in global policy-making such as Saudi Arabia, India and South ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...

Dubai to swoop in bad market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... opportunity for western companies, according to a Penrose Financial report. The report singled out Saudi Arabia as the country with huge potential. It's city, Riyadh is the most populated city in the region, with four million people and it also has a ...

All not lost for LPTs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... Trusts (AREITs) loss 30 per cent on average since June, compared with direct property's zero per cent returns. This is a huge divide - and is a major factor in the close watch by investors on which asset class would come out the victor from the financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... predicted by the futures market. "There is still very much a lot of investor caution and fear, particularly considering we saw huge falls on global share markets on Friday night, exacerbated by fears that the UK could be heading into recession after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after Wall Street joined stock markets around the world in a huge selloff on Friday. At 0810 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 37 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... closed 5.15 per cent down to a three-year low, dragged by Citic Pacific after its warning that it was facing a potentially huge foreign exchange loss. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 774.57 points to 14,266.6. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... down 1.8 per cent on Tuesday, as early positive sentiment was soured after Citic Pacific said it was facing a potentially huge foreign exchange loss, dealers said. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 281.84 points at 15,041.17. WELLINGTON - The ...