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GSAM launches flexible global bond fund in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched the Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond Fund for Australian investors. The Australian dollar-based strategy is designed to provide income and total return through exposure to a broadly diversified portfolio ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... major stock markets wavered and the euro tumbled against the US dollar, after a surprise decision by the European Central Bank (ECB) to cut its main interest rate to an all-time low of 0.25 per cent. Investors also digested news from across the Atlantic ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... to 3,931.95. LONDON - Europe's major stock markets mostly rose on the eve of the latest decision from the European Central Bank, buoyed by hopes of a eurozone interest rate cut. At close in London on Wednesday, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares was ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... eurozone growth and unemployment. The euro came under further selling pressure as investors bet that the European Central Bank (ECB) would cut interest rates on Thursday following soft eurozone inflation data last week. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

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LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... sales. The euro made a small gain on Monday after suffering selling pressure last week on expectations the European Central Bank (ECB) will cut interest rates at its next meeting on Thursday. Sydney slipped 0.38 per cent, or 20.6 points, to close at ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... a second day running against the US dollar on talk of a possible cut to eurozone interest rates when the European Central Bank (ECB) meets next week - and in the wake of falling inflation across the single-currency area, analysts said. London's benchmark ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... paused this week. One reason is that the Federal Reserve's statement earlier this week didn't detail how long the US central bank would continue its economic stimulus program. RBS Morgans Brisbane private client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said people ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... rosier than expected summary of the economy which fuelled expectations it will soon start winding it down. While the central bank's decision to keep the $US85 billion-a-month scheme in place was widely expected, the upbeat outlook provided strong support ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Some years back I used to have discussions with several of my gentle readers (you know who you are, gentle folks) about whether or not QE would work, is working, or not. The passage of time since the Fed minted its first QE dollar had proven that it ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... headline inflation rate stood at 2.7% in September. UK inflation had been persistently running above the British central bank's target since 2008 apart from the six months between June and November 2009 when the annual rate of consumer price increases ...