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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... slumped, spooked by US jobs data and a day after surging on clear signs that the European Central Bank and the Bank of England would keep interest rates low for some time. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading companies was down 0.72 per cent ...

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... follow suit. Not the Bank of Japan - it's only just begun -- and certainly not the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. Both of 'em provided "forward guidance" after their policy meetings last week. Both couldn't be more explicit that their ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... open flat after erratic swings on Wall Street and falls on European bourses after the European Central Bank and Bank of England kept rates on hold. At 0817 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points at 4,786. The ...

UK to consider Australia model for small pension fund mergers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... much as the cheapest ones. Last week David Cameron's government launched a review into whether the 89 separate bodies in England and Wales are managing their vast portfolios effectively, and called for evidence on the future shape and size of local government ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... cent to 8,530.89 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.37 per cent to 4,051.11 points, a two-year high. In London, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King again voted unsuccessfully for Britain's economy to be pumped with more fresh cash, minutes of the BoE's ...

A long two-month wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013

May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... I remember correctly, the idea of negative interest rates gained mainstream late last year. The Fed, then the Bank of England (BOE), subsequently dismissed the idea. Here's Mario's response when asked about taking the deposit rate lower (now at zero) ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... after the ECB held its key interest rates steady at 0.75 per cent for the ninth month in a row, and after the Bank of England kept its main rate on hold at a record low of 0.50 per cent while refraining from pumping more cash into the British economy. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... 3,232.09. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets maintained earlier gains after the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England held their key rates, forgoing any new stimulus measures. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies rose by a slight ...