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Structural shifts reposition EMs as less risky investments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... GDP growth, foreign exchange reserve accumulation, current account surpluses, a growing middle class, robust fiscal and monetary policies and the stability of local institutions - such as sovereign wealth and pension funds that are investing in projects ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... by the drop in Greek 10-year bond yields to a mere 11.7% overnight from last year's high of 48.6%. Europe's fiscal and monetary authorities now have one hand free to revive activity in their respective economies. Far from the widely-speculated hard landing ...

Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... falling' predictions to come true, do you? This year is expected to be better than 2012. The risk now is if fiscal and monetary authorities become complacent and let their guards down.

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... the Labor Department reported. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell as investors digested more US Federal Reserve monetary easing and an EU deal to give the European Central Bank (ECB) supervisory powers over the banking sector. Sentiment was soothed ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... confident the safe-haven yen came back under pressure ahead of a general election in Japan on Sunday and expectations of more monetary easing by the country's central bank. Tokyo on Wednesday rose 0.59 per cent, adding 56.14 points to 9,581.46 and Seoul ...

High rates saving Australia's economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... when US rates were crashdived to near to zero wasn't just about inflation control at the time but building an arsenal of monetary policy firepower. And it's worked because now when the RBA needs to lower rates to stimulate the economy, it can because ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... York trade ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting that begins later in the day, with expectations it will announce more monetary easing. Tokyo on Tuesday ended flat, edging down 8.42 points to 9,525.32, and Seoul added 0.37 per cent, or 7.2 points, to ...

Fidelity ups risk on global recovery hopes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... should mean the next upswing will be more sustainable," he said. "The Federal Reserve has committed to maintaining loose monetary policy long into the upturn, even if this causes inflation to overshoot their target." At a broader level, the asset allocation ...

Rebalancing growth smoothly Australia's key challenge: Bloxham

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... economy is interest-rate sensitive than the share driven by trends in commodity prices. He expects Australia's robust monetary policy to assist the smooth transition from commodity price-driven growth back to credit-driven growth. He also expects the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... monitoring talks in the United States aimed at averting the fiscal cliff. The yen remained under pressure on expectations of monetary easing by the central bank, providing a fillip to Japanese equities. Tokyo ended up 0.81 per cent, or 76.32 points ...