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Mocking Maastricht

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... 3.5% of GDP in 2014 from 11.1% in 2010. "Let him that is without sin cast the first stone." (The Bible) It's funny that Germany - the poster boy of fiscal discipline and fiscal rectitude - remains the biggest naysayer to further handouts considering ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 6.40 points (0.13 per cent) to 5,076.52. Equity markets in Britain, France and Germany all fell as Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem told Dutch television, "we're still nowhere far enough" in talks with Greece. ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... economies of the US to plus 0.1% -- before last Friday's revision to minus 0.2% quarter on quarter -- from 0.5% in Q4 2014; Germany to 0.3% and the UK to 0.3%, from 0.7% and 0.6%, respectively. Canadian and Swiss GDP growth (released after the OECD report) ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... heavily indebted Greece and its creditors hung over a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations in Germany. Locally on Friday, HIA releases its new home sales and the Reserve Bank releases private sector credit data. In Australia ...

Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... research showed that of the 97 institutions surveyed across 22 countries - including Australia, Japan, Belgium, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the UK - 69% of participants believed their stakeholders had Environmental, Social and Governance ...

Property groups looking through the schooner glass

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... was about 5% higher than the OECD average. Members of the OECD include the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Germany, Korea and Japan among 28 other countries. Head of Charter Hall direct property, Richard Stacker, said at a recent media briefing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... batch of US economic data and corporate earnings. Trading was subdued in Europe on Thursday owing to a public holiday in Germany and France, but the markets remained open. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading companies closed up 0.34 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... have closed mixed, despite news of solid first quarter economic growth in the eurozone - with France outpacing powerhouse Germany - and encouraging company results. After spending most of the day in positive territory, Paris' benchmark CAC 40 index of ...

Falling rates turn Aussie bonds into "a poor choice"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... most bond markets, Australia is an attractive destination," Alexander said, and added: "If you are sitting in Japan or Germany and earning less than 0.5% on your 10 year note, then sure, you can pick up over 2% if you sell those and move into Australia." ...

Senior female execs needed: BlackRock

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... 17.5%, figures for 2013 put Australia ahead of the global average of 12.7% of women in boards, but behind Norway (39.7%), Germany (23%) and New Zealand (19.6%). 'Achieving gender diversity in Australia: the ugly, the bad and the good' found that the ...