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AGEST bungles returns

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... invested," she said. The mistake has resulted in both an internal review at AGEST super, and a re-evaluation of the processes French bank and custodian BNP Paribas has in place. "We have put a lot of effort into getting it right and we have put a lot ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... change and I have to adapt to them," was how Rajoy justified his lie. "We need to call upon a form of patriotism," was fresh French President and "less austerite" crusader Francois Hollande's reason for raising the marginal tax rate to 75% on incomes ...

'Brownfield' infra better suited to pension funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... projects among pension funds in the current macro-environment. "The Chinese sovereign wealth fund just bought a stake in a French infrastructure company and we're seeing a lot of activity by Asian investors in various countries all over Europe," Crosbie ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... Over the past month or so, this seems to be all that financial markets have been doing - waiting for the result of the French and Greek elections, waiting for Greece's election mark 2, waiting on the G-20 summit, waiting on the Fed's monetary policy ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... and a stability anchor in Europe. But Germany's powers are not unlimited," she said on Thursday. Merkel's warning came as French president Francois Hollande was in Rome for talks with prime minister Mario Monti on growth strategies and EU integration ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... London's FTSE 100 index closed little changed at 5,423.37 points, while Germany's DAX 30 climbed 0.17 per cent and the French CAC 40 fell by 0.27 per cent. Wall Street's major indices sank by over 1.1 per cent as investors took profits and looked toward ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... closed essentially unchanged at 5,423.37 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 edged up by 0.17 per cent to 6,141.05 points and the French CAC 40 fell by 0.27 per cent to 3,042.76 points. Madrid's IBEX 35 advanced almost six per cent in early trade, but gave it ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... 27-member European Union as a whole. Reports of the eurozone 'master plan' coincide with a warning from the recently instated French finance minister, Pierre Moscovici, that a Greek exit from the eurozone will be on the agenda if Athens fails to impose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... Trade was choppy throughout the session but took a final turn higher on news Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti had invited French, Spanish and German leaders to a four-way summit after key Greek elections in June. At close London's benchmark FTSE 100 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... Trade was choppy throughout the session but took a final turn higher on news Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti had invited French, Spanish and German leaders to a four-way summit after key Greek elections in June. At close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 ...