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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... destabilising default. The $US40 billion ($A38.09 billion) package of cuts is deeply unpopular but has been demanded by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund as a precondition for further support. In a sign of continued weakness in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... TOKYO - Japanese stock markets closed higher on Tuesday, thanks to a firmer euro against the yen amid optimism that European Union leaders and Athens would tackle the Greek debt crisis. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose 105.34, or 1.13 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... percent to 3,807.61 points. Europe's top indices had closed down between 1.25 and 1.90 percent on Friday after the European Union said it was studying a possible Greek debt "rescheduling" to ward off the threat of Greece defaulting on its massive debts. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... 10,012 contracts traded. A positive review of Greece's public finances from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, along with approval for the fifth instalment of a 110-billion-euro ($A150 billion) bailout package, was not enough to ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... night. Have you seen European shares? They rose to a three-week high last night. This is thanks to reports that the European Union is contemplating extra assistance for Greece by the end of June and has ruled out a "total restructuring" of its debt. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... crisis weighed on the equities markets amid speculation that Athens will need an additional bailout. Eurozone and European Union finance ministers are expected to discuss Greece at meetings on Monday and Tuesday. Most sectors on the ASX were in negative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... crisis weighed on the equities markets amid speculation that Athens will need an additional bailout. Eurozone and European Union finance ministers are expected to discuss Greece at meetings on Monday and Tuesday. The Labor Department reported its consumer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... ($A129 million) surplus posted in March and a Dow Jones forecast for $US1 billion ($A929 million) in April. The European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank (ECB) began an audit of finances and reforms in Greece to determine ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... sovereign wealth fund, Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), had much of its US$70 billion in assets frozen by the US, European Union and UK. According to the 2011 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review, FM Capital Partners managed capital for the LIA and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... in Japan shook financial markets. Wall Street opened lower then dropped sharply in midmorning trading after the European Union's energy chief was quoted as saying that Japan's nuclear crisis could get worse. Treasury prices jumped, sending yields to ...