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Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... Unemployment in the 17-nation eurozone hit also hit a new all-time high of 11.6 per cent in September. Nevertheless Spain's and Italy's 10-year bond yields, a sign of stress in the eurozone, continued their downward slide. The rate of return for investors ...

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... report include: Australia (US$194,000) again tops the table by a considerable margin in terms of median wealth, with Japan, Italy, Belgium, and the UK in the band from US$110,000 to 140,000. Exchange rate changes have reduced Australia's average wealth ...

Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... reliable returns, new Omega Global Investors research has shown. Despite the European government bond crisis brought on by Italy, Spain Greece, Portugal and Ireland, the global government bond market has in the last 12 months returned 10% for a very ...

Australian super funds, world's third best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... subsidies are estimated to have amounted to $280 billion, equivalent to 20% of total superannuation savings. By contrast, in Italy, Greece and Portugal there is almost no private pension system despite annual pension payments accounting for 13% of their ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... last year - Arab Spring, Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster, USA no longer AAA, European crisis hitting Spain and Italy, the BRICs and emerging countries instituting tighter policies to rein in inflation. Just as it did the two previous QEs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... to 2,127.76. Draghi said on Thursday the ECB would buy unlimited amounts of debt from troubled nations such as Spain and Italy in order to lower their cost of borrowing and help them get back on their feet - a scheme named Outright Monetary Transactions ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... expected to formally request a bailout next month while the Financial Times reports that senior Italian officials warned that Italy could be forced to seek one by yearend. While the austerity for OMT conditionality was certainly inserted to appease the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped 66.54 (2.17 per cent) to 3,135.81. LONDON - European stocks rallied and borrowing rates for Spain and Italy slid as markets hailed exceptional bond-buying measures from the European Central Bank (ECB) aimed at fighting the debt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... 0.11 per cent to 7,010.57 points. Madrid fell 0.37 per cent and Milan lost 0.33 per cent despite a debt auction in which Italy's borrowing costs fell sharply. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed on Wednesday, with attention turning to a speech by US ...

Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... Financial markets generally marked time while we slept, unstirred by fresh indications of worsening conditions in Europe - Italy's economy has contracted for the fourth straight quarter, the BOE sees no growth this year and only 2.0% over the next two ...