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Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
"C'mon baby light my fire..." That exactly was what European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi did when he spoke at the Global Investment Conference in London last night. Read his lips: "To the extent that the size of these sovereign premia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... were lower at noon. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the September 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 97.265 (implying a yield of 2.735 per cent), down from 97.310 (2.690 per cent) on Wednesday. The September three-year bond futures contract was trading ...

Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
We all know the drill. Once Europe's back in the headlines, markets suffer a case of the jitters. When they do, they begin hoping that a QE fix would soon be in the offing. Homer (the cartoon, not the Greek epic poet and author of the Iliad and the ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Uh-oh, looks like the EU has not kicked that pestering debt crisis can far enough down the road. Wasn't it only a few days ago (last Friday) that they approved Spain's a,-100 billion bail? And not even a month has passed since their announcement of ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... year on year is the assets have actually grown in the industry... and that's happening globally, not just in Australia. "Yield curves are very flat so those that have made a lot of money out of fixed interest are looking at what they can allocate to. ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... glass half-full mood. Their equity markets closed on the up and up as investors ignored reports that Spain's 10-year bond yield jumped above 7.0% -- you know, the level at which Greece, Ireland and Portugal asked for a bailout. No wait, Spain already ...

REST Industry Super delivers 0.85%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
REST Industry Super has delivered a positive 2011-12 return of 0.85% for its default Core option and 1.18% for same option in the pension division. The result having a 'plus' in front of it, stands in sharp contrast to the -7% delivered by the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's strong performance on Friday with the Dow advancing 1.62 per cent amid expectations Beijing will act to stimulate its economy after reporting growth had slowed to 7.6 per cent in ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... quite rightly switching on to the importance of capital preservation," he said. Forms of credit include United States high-yield bonds, syndicated loans, US investment-grade corporate bonds and Australian inflation-linked bonds.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after finishing in negative territory for six straight sessions and overnight falls on Wall Street. At 0815 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was unchanged at 4,038. The US ...