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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
The Australian market has received a mixed lead, with Wall Street up -- albeit just marginally -- while oil, gold and silver were down again. Major European bourses fell as OPEC decided to cut oil production in what was interpreted as an attempt to ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... truly global investor is about," he said. Among his best calls during the year were French stocks Vallourec and CAP Gemini, German fertilizer company K+S and Japanese bakery giant Yamazaki Baking. This year, Carter and his team are watching Brazil closely ...

AXA IM targets Aus instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
AXA Group's Paris-based asset management business is providing its expertise across European property, private equity, structured finance and fund of hedge funds to Australian institutions. Craig Hurt, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) director of Australian ...

Deutsche smashes Euro ETF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
Deutsche Bank's European based exchange traded funds (ETF) platform raised more than $25 billion of assets in 18 months, making it the third largest ETF provider in Europe by assets under management. The bank's platform, db x-trackers, now has a 14 ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... of weakness. Europe: Eurozone financial markets will find interest in the flash estimate of Eurozone inflation and the German Ifo index this week, particularly given last week's mixed readings from the German ZEW index, better-than-expected results in ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... capital on a 'large scale.' In Europe the news is much better as easing commodity prices and the lower euro helped lift German investor confidence from a record low of -63.9 in July to -55.5 in August. Closer to home, the Bank of Japan left interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... disappointing US inflation data. The eurozone economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time since its formation, with German gross domestic product (GDP) falling 0.2 per cent as growth succumbed to global strains. In London the FTSE 100 ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... that monetary policy options were limited for the moment. Meanwhile, it seems it is also not getting better in Germany. German factory orders fell by 2.9 percent in June - the seventh consecutive monthly decline. Slowing global activity, high commodity ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
Barring more surprise writedown announcements, the Australian equity market could get a breather today supported by a strong lead from Wall Street overnight. The US equity market reversed all of the previous day's losses last night on the back of a ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Domestic financial market activity will remain cautious this week with sentiment precariously balanced between the weekend's positive US economic news and further NAB-like announcements on the fallout of the US subprime mess on its balance sheet. Top-tier ...