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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... emergency loans it needs to avoid default. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi promised late Tuesday to step aside after a new budget is passed, but there are concerns that the transition to a new government will be difficult. Markets see Berlusconi as ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... a boost to the market. Wall Street rose after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would resign once a new budget was passed. Italy has become a key focus for investors this week, with Berlusconi seen as an obstacle to sweeping economic reforms ...

Arrivederci Berlusconi Ciao

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... faces of the people who betray me). Tough 'ey? But betrayed he was. Although Silvio was able to win a parliamentary vote on budget policy, he did not secure a majority (308 votes out of the 630 seats) because of, in his words, "the defection of seven ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... market is set to open higher after Wall Street rose on news Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would resign once a new budget was passed. At 0829 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 56 points at 4,338. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was on the verge of stepping down. The Italian parliament was due to hold a budget vote later on Tuesday (AEDT). ""Clearly, in the cross-section of people's minds right now is Italy," Mr Weston said. "Until ...

Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... securing the release of European rescue funds, meeting fiscal targets imposed by foreign creditors, and passing the 2012 budget by the end of the year." You kiddin' me? Papandreou's already toast for all intents and purposes - Europe and the IMF distrust ...

Fidelity: Government intervention cause for concern

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
Fear of government intervention has created a climate of corporate anxiety for Asian and European companies despite healthy balance sheets, according to new research. A Fidelity survey of more than 110 of its research analysts across the two continents ...

Govt infra paper opens investment doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... infrastructure projects in a bid to entice investments into the local market. As stated in a discussion paper on the 2011-12 Budget measure introducing new rules for tax losses on infrastructure projects, parties are now able to comment on the design ...

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011

AMP Capital rides high on global infra demand

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
The AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Securities Fund has hit the $1 billion mark in funds under management since its launch in August 2010, through both retail and institutional investments from overseas. The fund, which has a three star rating from ...