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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... 30-year bonds dropped to 3.66 per cent from 3.82 per cent. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. Gold, seen as a safe-haven asset in time of financial turmoil, was trading for $1,716.68 per troy ounce on the spot market in New York, after ...

Market dives on US downgrade, China demands new reserve currency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
The Australian share market dropped sharply on the open as nervous investors reacted to Standard & Poor's historic weekend downgrade of US sovereign credit. At time of writing the All Ordinaries Index had fallen 66.1 points or 1.59% to 4103.6 while ...

Regnan announces new manager director

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) specialist Regnan has promoted former deputy managing director Amanda Wilson as the new managing director of the company. Regnan produces investment-ready ESG data on S&P/ASX200 companies, designed ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... issue across the Atlantic - where the big economies of Italy and Spain are now in the crosshairs of bond mercenaries. And... safe haven flows into Japan has strengthened the yen - a sure depressing development in this export-dependent economy. I still ...

New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Australian companies will be under pressure to publish their environmental, social and governance risk under a new reporting guide launched today. The Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... of the year. HiFX senior dealer Dan Bell said investors were moving out of high-risk, high-yield assets and moving in to safe haven assets. "The Aussie dollar was weaker following that statement and weaker overnight following further risk aversion," ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... and buying some more. But apart from the current rationales that Uncle Sam will make good on his debt, there is no safer safe-haven than US Treasuries and/or China not even contemplating of selling down its massive holdings, America's bond market could ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... entail a default. Tokyo tumbled 1.45 per cent, or 145.84 points, to 9,901.35 as the economic uncertainty sent traders into the safe-haven yen, which hurts Japanese exporters. Seoul gave up 0.85 per cent, or 18.46 points, to end at 2,155.85 while Shanghai ...

Russell adviser community moves online

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... performance. The free to access website, Helping Advisers, does not require any logins or passwords and is designed to be a safe space for advisers to exchange ideas and learn how to relate in different ways to their clients. "The elephant in the room ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... were boosted by strong earnings reports from US giants Apple and IBM while the confident mood saw dealers shift away from safe-haven assets, sending the price of gold down from record highs. Tokyo closed 1.17 per cent higher, by 116.18 points, at 10,005.90 ...