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Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... trading day after Standard & Poor's downgrade of US debt).A To be fair this was compounded by the 'worries du jour' - the European debt crisis. This gives me a nice seque into Europe.A There's again brewing trouble in that part of the world courtesy ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Syria but left no doubt that Bashar al-Assad's regime would be blamed. LONDON - European stock markets mostly fell as a lack of fresh data once again steered investors' eyes to when the Fed might begin tapering ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... new-home sales report for July - sales plunged 13.4 per cent month-on-month - also proved a catalyst for the rally. LONDON - European stock markets ended moderately higher but sentiment remains fragile at the end of a particularly turbulent week for ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... to debate the timing of pulling back its $US85 billion ($A94.31 billion) per month in bond-buying purchases. LONDON - European stocks ended lower as investors braced themselves for the release of minutes from the US central bank which could give clues ...

Aussie investors should have 90% of equity portfolio overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... the region could see Australian investors doubling up their risk," Compton said. The global equities expert said that European equities are not only cheap, but offer the greatest diversification for Australian investors. "The correlation between the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... BMO Private Bank put it. Additionally, stocks got help from bond yields, which retreated from recent peaks. LONDON - European stock markets fell further as US stimulus scale-back speculation triggered new selloffs. The euro and sterling rose against ...

SYD restructure heats up global pension fund battle

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... per cent after it reported a "softening" outlook in emerging economies and announced it would cut 4,000 jobs. LONDON - European stock markets fell but the euro rose against the US dollar as traders reacted to US economic data and strong British retail ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... producer prices in July and Macy's disappointing performance suggested a picture of weaker US economic growth. LONDON - European stock markets closed mostly higher after official data showed that the eurozone had finally climbed out of a record 18-month ...

PM Capital boosted by beer and Las Vegas property

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... founded the company when he left BTIM in 1998, and global portfolio manager Ashley Pittard pounced on a chance to buy into European beer companies such as Heineken, Anheuser-Busch and SABMiller after a run of unsuccessful mergers in the sector saw prices ...