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ESG sheds light on Sov debt crisis: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... relevance in the short term." Yesterday, Catalonia's finance minister raised the prospect of a regional bailout for the major Spanish region, in an interview with BBC Radio, as fears grow that Spain will need a full international bailout. On Monday ratings ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... markets fell in choppy trade as the euro hit another record low versus the US dollar on persistent eurozone tensions with Spanish borrowing costs still at danger levels. At the close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies was down 0.63 per ...

Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... going out? We're just going to end up back here, anyway." Du'oh! Yes, Virginia, Europe's had another bad session -- as Spanish bond yields continued to climb - that spilled over onto Wall Street but was tempered by late buying after the Wall Street Journal ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... markets fell in choppy trade as the euro hit another record low versus the US dollar on persistent eurozone tensions with Spanish borrowing costs still at danger levels. At the close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies was down 0.63 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... yesterday and are pulling back a bit today." European stocks fell sharply, the euro hit a 12-year low against the yen and Spanish borrowing costs reached record highs on speculation Spain could soon require a full state bailout. London's benchmark FTSE ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... month has passed since their announcement of a "breakthrough" agreement on measures to keep the euro breathing? Now this? Spanish and Italian bond yields broke through the roof - rising to a high of 7.57% and 6.43%, respectively - while their equity ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... points (1.20 per cent) to 2,890.15. LONDON - European stocks fell sharply, the euro hit a 12-year low against the yen and Spanish borrowing costs reached record highs on speculation Spain could soon require a full state bailout. London's benchmark FTSE ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... the tech-rich Nasdaq slumped 40.60 (1.37 per cent) to 2,925.30. LONDON - European stocks and the euro fell amid fresh Spanish debt strains and as investors bank strong gains won over the past week, traders say. London's FTSE 100 benchmark index of leading ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... higher yields and at lower bid-to-cover ratios than at previous auctions - indications of investors' reluctance to add more Spanish debts to their portfolios even at reduced prices (higher yields) and EFSF backing. But who cares? Spain is so... yesterday's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... despite an overnight downgrade from Moody's. Madrid's IBEX 35 index won 0.52 per cent to 6,590.90 points, but with the Spanish government's 10-year bond yields not far from the danger level of seven per cent, at which other countries have had to ask ...