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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... support" if needed after a shortage of money in credit markets caused interest that banks pay to borrow from each other to spike last week. The bank also said it already had provided money to some institutions but gave no details. IG market strategist ...

PGI updates fixed income fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Principal Global Investors (PGI) is looking at the next generation of fixed income products and has adapted its Global Credit Opportunities Fund to make it more flexible for Australian investors. "Investors are rotating out of a more traditional type ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... from this year's low of 11.05 (March), but this is way, way lower than the near 90 reading back in October 2008 or even the spike to a 48 something reading during the European sovereign debt crisis induced fear moment in August of 2011. There'll be more ...

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... The time when Japan's Economy minister Akira Amari told Reuters that, "If the yen excessively weakens, this would cause a spike in import prices... and while "it would be a benefit for exports, but would have harmful effects on people's livelihoods"? ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... meetings". There's the yen rebound and lower-than-expected China manufacturing PMI - not good for exports. There was the spike in 10-year JGB yields following BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's 'revelation' to expect bond yields to rise as the economy improved ...

Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... becoming much more tolerant of risk, said Hamilton. "Events that used to trigger significant volatility now hardly cause a spike. It suggests that either, investors have already decided to wait out the market, or that they are just much more tolerant ...

Neuberger Berman adds EM debt capability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Neuberger Berman has added emerging market debt to its suite of investment capabilities, with the appointment of 22 investment professionals, including 19 from ING Investment Management. Rob Drijkoningen and Gorky Urquieta, who were instrumental in ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
In the post-global financial crisis (GFC) world, global equity markets are more sensitive to news flow and macroeconomics than to fundamental business growth, according to Hexavest founding partner and senior vice president Robert Brunelle. The asset ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street and a mixed performance on European markets as traders balanced political progress in Italy, with the surprise re-election of President Giorgio Napolitano, with disappointing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open firmer after Wall Street posted fresh highs during offshore trading. At 0824 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points higher at 5,022 points, with 3,792 contracts traded. ...