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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... from March to $US40.3 billion on a rise in consumer imports and despite a fall in the bill for imported oil. LONDON - European stock markets rebounded to close higher as traders sat back in their positions ahead of an intense series of US data scheduled ...

US hedge funds abandon Europe on new regulations

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... large US hedge funds have scrapped plans to enter Europe and have put existing operations under review in response to new European regulation, the Financial Times has reported. Their retreat comes in response to the arrival of the Alternative Investment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... offset by news that a measure of US consumer confidence jumped to the highest level in almost six years in May. LONDON - European stock markets fell and the euro dropped against the dollar as traders digested record high eurozone unemployment data following ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... economy that's deeply entrenched in recession with record unemployment to boot. Not bad at all 'ey? And not only this, the European Commission's recent economic confidence survey shows that confidence in the region increased to a greater than expected ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... surged this week, a change from earlier in the year when investors favored dividend-rich stocks like utilities. LONDON - European stock markets rose despite plunging Japanese stocks, as traders digested US growth data and signs of improved confidence ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... stocks to tumble. The downbeat prediction from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development also hit US and European equities. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index hit its lowest level since April 18 on Thursday, after the OECD forecast Australia's ...

DST Bluedoor to take platforms to Europe

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Technology provider DST Bluedoor will expand its platform business into the European market. The company has been selected by International Financial Data Services (IFDS) to support its outsourced European wealth management and platform administration ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... markets. At 0755 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 4,959. Wall Street and European markets dropped after the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development trimmed its world economic growth forecast ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... revealed a net increase in alternative investment, with the majority of respondents expecting this trend to continue. European investors were most likely to invest in alternative assets, with 46% of respondents saying they would increase investment in ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... organic growth in the economy. How's that bad for the equity markets? Speaking of doublespeak, there was none at the European Central Bank (ECB). ECB executive board member Joerg Asmussen made sure his message was not misunderstood lest punters take ...