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Dull night on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... are impacting activity in the two biggest countries - German real GDP growth eased to 0.3% in the June quarter from 0.5%, France showed no growth in both quarters - the latest reading are in line with market expectations or what we call in the jargon ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... by central banks in Europe, China and the US. With few catalysts from Monday, traders watched the release of key data in France, Germany and the US for clues on the state of the global economy. Tokyo gained 0.5 per cent, or 44.73 points, to 8,929.88 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... while comments from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi on Thursday on saving the euro were reinforced by Germany, France and Italy over the weekend. Tokyo closed up 0.8 per cent, or 68.8 points, at 8,635.44, Sydney gained 0.85 per cent, or 35.9 ...

US releases model FATCA agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... intergovernmental agreement provides further detail on the structure of agreements already reached between the U.S. and France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK," Brogden said. "With the final FATCA legislation expected no earlier than October, it is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... cent in the prior quarter, sent shares skyward. LONDON - European stock markets posted more solid gains as Germany and France backed up a staunch defence of the euro by ECB chief Mario Draghi and the US reported better than expected growth in the second ...

Model FATCA intergov agreement imminent

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... on securing an intergovernmental agreement based on that principally agreed to in a joint statement between the US and France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom seems to suggest that it will be the most likely outcome. "An intergovernmental ...

Goldman Sachs focuses on HNW with private bank

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... is building out its private bank from the US to target wealthy clients in a number of locations including Europe. Agence France-Presse reported that David Viniar, chief financial officer for the bank said the in-house private bank was currently considered ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... that European banks have no more good quality assets to pledge as collateral. Reports that Europe's big four - Germany, France, Italy and Spain - have agreed to implement measures, including the mobilisation of a,-130 billion to support jobs and growth ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... among Wall Street's biggest firms." And lest we forget, there's still Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, perhaps soon France and finally Germany. There are rumours here, gossips there and speculations everywhere about what the powers that be are ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said the local market continued to be volatile in the lead up to elections in Greece and France on the weekend. "The focus in the short term has been on speculation with what's going to happen with the two major elections ...