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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... general meetings scheduled. In Australia, the market on Monday closed at a new five-and-a-half-year high, after US and European markets lifted at the end of last week as US government services were re-opened. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was UP 30.3 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... firm opening and that just follows on from the US on Friday night," CMC chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. US and European markets finished last week on a positive note as the end of the US government shutdown continued to buoy investor sentiment. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... company reported a 36 per cent jump in its third-quarter net profit to $US2.97 billion, or $US8.75 a share. LONDON - European stock markets climbed and the euro hit a fresh US dollar high as traders cheered accelerating Chinese growth. Frankfurt's DAX ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... possible debt default. By Friday, there was still no deal, but markets appeared encouraged by continued talks. LONDON - European shares rose on hopes of a deal to break the US budget deadlock, while London has been lifted by an impressive stock market ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... 500 rose 23.48 (1.38 per cent) to 1,721.54, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 45.42 (1.20 per cent) at 3,839.43. LONDON - European stock markets gained on expectations that US politicians would avoid a disastrous default just hours ahead of a deadline. ...

Adapt clients to slower global growth: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... classes are likely to be lower in the coming years, a trend that the investment manager calls "the new normal." "The European economy, for example, is going to expand, but a very low level," Fisher said. "Spain is producing 35% less than before the global ...

Investor interest shifts to European credit

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Investors are starting to take an interest in European credit as the US political deadlock continues with no end in sight. HSBC global chief investment officer of fixed income Xavier Baraton told Financial Standard that "big investment funds in Asia ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... scheduled to meet with Republican leaders on Thursday. The Boehner proposal would not end the government shutdown. LONDON - European stock markets soared as traders reacted strongly to signs of a deal in Washington to avoid a dilapidating US debt default. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... lead the Federal Reserve, Fed veteran Janet Yellen, who said she would keep policy focused on boosting growth. LONDON - European stocks slid with news that President Barack Obama will nominate Janet Yellen to replace Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke ...

LGS enhances ESG credentials with Green Bond purchase

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has said it has become the first Australian superannuation fund to invest in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) $250 million Green Bond. Funds raised through the Green Bond - which was issued on ...