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Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... produced gains last night but I'm not really sure whether most investors would be interested. At any rate, equity markets in Hungary, Romania, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina all gained overnight. Now you see what I ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... per cent. In the red were the Swiss market and Amsterdam, both down 0.12 per cent. European finance ministers meeting in Hungary agreed that indebted Portugal should be given a bailout of some 80 billion euros ($A109.56 billion), which would be linked ...

1989 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... people power started in Poland in the spring of 1989. This quickly spread in a matter of months - some even weeks - to Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania. Yugoslavia broke up into separate states. So did the mighty United Soviet Socialist ...

Hungary nationalises private pensions

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The Hungarian government has effectively nationalised the private pensions of its citizens in an effort to plug holes in the country's finances. Confirming savers and foreign investors worst fears, the national economy minister, Gyorgy Matolcsy announced ...

Hungary private pension breakdown

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Private pension funds are under attack in Hungary after the government announced that all contributions to second-pillar funds would be stopped for the next 14 months and left within the state system. The Hungarian government announced in mid-October ...

AXA IM gains more from European property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... "Three years ago, if you bought a property in Spain, it would be the same price had you bought the property in Prague, Hungary or Budapest," he said. "Today, because of the crisis, you have a huge divergence." Craig Hurt, director at AXA Investment Managers ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... expectations of "severe" deterioration in the government's debt metrics. The IMF and the EU and the World Bank chopped Hungary off the block. They suspended talks with the Hungarian government. In other words, Hungary won't be able to access the US$25.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... on Tuesday, dragged lower by persistent jitters over European public finances, while the under-siege euro firmed after Hungary said it would constrain its deficit. European markets struggled throughout the day, unable to take advantage of a positive ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... honey. OMG! I think I'm turning into a bear! No, not because of last week's US non-farm payrolls report nor news that Hungary is following the European PIGS down the drain. It also wasn't because of last night's report that the euro hit fresh four-year ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... markets were in the red on Monday in fraught trade as investors tried to make sense of fresh debt concerns sparked by Hungary and mixed economic data. Europe was weaker from the start, kept on the back foot by a lower Asian lead and then driven lower ...