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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... numbers again and a bit of short covering coming through which is a good situation." He said a meeting by Japan's central bank about possibly increasing its asset purchase program to provide liquidity for economic growth could also move the market. On ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... 2008 the fund lost 14% of its value, which was 5.4 percentage points below the Goldman Sachs benchmark. The Dutch Central Bank (DNB), which regulates pension funds, requires they hold 105% of assets needed to pay current and future liabilities, although ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... release of US employment figures. "The eyes of the world are looking firmly at the US tonight after the ECB (European Central Bank), the PBOC (People's Bank of China) and the Bank of England all came out with some sort of concerted co-ordinated easing," ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... 2,976.12. Stocks had risen on Tuesday - Wednesday markets were closed for a holiday - in anticipation that the European Central Bank would cut interest rates and the Bank of England would boost stimulus efforts in bids to turn around European economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... euro slipped against the dollar on Wednesday as investors waited for key monetary policy decisions by the European Central Bank and Bank of England. Markets expect an ECB rate cut on Thursday along with a decision by the BoE to pump out an additional ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... night, not even a mouse, for everybody was in wait mode. This time, everyone and his dog are waiting for the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BOE) to announce their respective monetary policy decisions. This is all well and good ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than three quarters of a per cent higher, following strong leads on Wall Street. At 1017 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 31.6 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 4,158.8, while the broader ...

Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... GFC have been sold to foreign investors. This is reinforced by reports that central banks, including the European Central Bank, have been buying Australian government bonds in response to continuing fears of contagion in Europe. The rush to safe-haven ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Well, well, well. Don't look now folks for we may have just received the best indicator of the financial markets' direction over the next three months, at least. No Virginia, it's not yesterday's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to sit ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US and European bourses rose on hopes the European Central Bank and the Bank of England would introduce new stimulus measures this week and reports of strong June sales from the leading US auto makers. ...