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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... afternoon trade, reflecting how investors prefer the safety of German bonds in the current climate. The French 10-year bond yield - the rate of return earned by investors - rose sharply to 3.683 per cent but the German rate was steady at 1.782 per cent ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... get. Not just in europe. If France falls over then that will be felt every where. Maybe even china?" Italian 10-year bond yield spiked above the "beg for bailout" mark to 7.07% and the fear has spread to the others. The extra yield investors demanded ...

Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... position indicates revenues are almost equal to spending," said Pease. "Italy could sustain its current debt levels at a bond yield of around 4.5% - its average bond yield over the past 10 years. However if yields continue to rise beyond 7%, Italy is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... government's high cost of borrowing funds on global markets. An auction of Italian government five-year bonds went at a yield of 6.29 per cent, the highest rate since since 1997. Ms Lee said there had been "very light volumes and muted price action" ...

Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... 10-year bond auction last night. Demand was 1.47 times the amount of the Italian offering and... investors demanded only a yield of 6.71% -- still high but not as crinch-worthy as last week's euro-era record high of 7.48%. And yes, the price it has to ...

Global ETPs hits $1.58 trillion

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Investor desire for exchange-traded products continued in global markets as sentiment moved towards higher risk and higher yielding asset classes during October. The impact of Europe's debt crisis and solid Q3 2011 earnings for United States corporations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed the week up two per cent and amid optimism on the Italian debt front. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 44 points at 4,353. In economic ...

CFSGAM launches two new funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... implications can be more effectively managed," noted CFSGAM. Minbatiwala said the funds won't have a bias towards high dividend yield stocks as this can add excessive risk for these types of products. "In addition, managing an investment for a tax aware ...

AMP Capital scores 1 billion euro Irish mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... outside investors, which have in the past been closed off. "This fund aims to provide long term investors with a stable income yield as well as the potential for capital growth from a substantial portfolio of assets which underpin the Irish economy." ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
The Australian stock market had suffered its sharpest drop in almost two months by noon as investors took fright over the ongoing troubles in the Eurozone. Australia's major market indices were down nearly three per cent after talks collapsed in Greece ...