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In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... quarter, Japan remains mired in deflationary conditions. The United States economy cannot sustain its recovery. Shucks! Sovereign debts are rising everywhere. Woe is us! Financial markets were spooked. Nothing seems to be going right. But then love flowed ...

Macq sovereign bond fund scoops $300m

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Macquarie Funds Group has attracted $300 million of institutional money in a new fund that tracks index returns of sovereign bonds, with no management fees attached. Today Macquarie launched the Macquarie True Index Sovereign Bond fund, a fund that ...

NZ Super axes AXA Rosenberg mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
New Zealand's sovereign fund withdrew two long-standing mandates with AXA Rosenberg. Today the guardians of the $13 billion (NZ$16 billion) NZ Superannuation Fund has terminated the small-cap equity mandate, which AXA Rosenberg held since 2004, and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... three-month low on Tuesday, after Macquarie Group Ltd's profit outlook disappointed investors and concerns about Europe's sovereign debt affected local bank stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended down 16.3 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 4,505.1 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
The Australian sharemarket was suffering from broad-based weakness in trading by noon, with European sovereign debt concerns proving a counter to positive local corporate earnings results. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 43.9 points ...

Public policy to reshape investment risk: PIMCO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... Australia (RBA) Symposium, said this new risk factor means investors should be wary of passive fixed income portfolios as sovereign risk tends to dominate benchmarks. "Regarding the situation today, countries that have issued the most debt become most ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... Monday but trading in a tight range as investors remained wary about the strength of the economic recovery and mounting sovereign debt in Europe. US stocks have traded erratically in the past four weeks as investors pondered over the sustainability of ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... on the 10th of this month. Hard place. Increase government spending to sustain the economic recovery and the nation's sovereign credit rating suffers. Downgraded credit rating equals higher interest rates equals weaker economy. What a tangled web we ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... were under pressure for most of the day, following steep declines in global markets linked to festering fears about sovereign debt burdens in Europe, before snapping back in the final hour. The US non-farm payrolls report, which showed the US economy ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... to finance their debt as well as bleak employment data from the US. "There is quite a lot of nervousness around the sovereign debt of many European countries," Mr Taylor said. "The other issue is, of course, concern about the unemployment rate and the ...