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SSgA: Minimise volatilty to protect vulnerable investors

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... balances predicted to report net losses for this calendar year," said Engel. "Compounding the problem, a decreasing number of safe-haven asset classes are available. Cash interest rates are falling and fixed-income assets are under pressure with concerns ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... from a French, German and Italian leaders' meeting after a failed German bond auction on Wednesday shook confidence in the safe haven status of Europe's biggest economy. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted German Chancellor Angela Merkel to drop ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... negative movements on international bourses after a weak sale of German 'gold standard' bonds stoked concerns that no one can be safe from the deepening eurozone debt crisis. At 0816 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... 10-year Italian bonds rose to 6.647 per cent from 6.631 per cent on Friday, while Germany's 10-year bonds benefited from safe-haven buying that pushed the yield down to 1.897 per cent from 1.964 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian shares fell as markets awaited ...

US Girl Scouts launch financial literacy merit badge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
US Girl Scouts organisers, fed up with schools failing in their obligations to teach students about financial literacy, are launching a new merit badge to tackle the subject. "Many people, not just girls, need some basic financial literacy skills," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite world stock markets coming under pressure as the eurozone debt crisis continues to push most European government borrowing costs dangerously higher. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 16 AAP - The Australian dollar was slightly higher as the increased cost of borrowing for European governments weighed on market sentiment. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 101.93 US cents, up from 101.81 cents ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
A couple looking to achieve a comfortable retirement will need to spend $55,316 a year, while those seeking a 'modest' retirement lifestyle need to spend $31,767 a year, according to new figures released today for the ASFA Retirement Standard. The updated ...

Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... countries remain unchanged. But in actuality, they won't - they'll be affected by the European recession. However, it's also safe to assume given current trends that countries ex-euro won't be contracting by the same magnitude they did during the GFC. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... finances under even more pressure. In the fallout, stock markets stumbled badly and the euro tumbled as investors flocked into safe haven US and German government bonds, seen as the benchmark holdings to have in troubled times. In London, the FTSE-100 ...