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Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... corporate gold production" -- reported that total central bank purchases of gold amounted to 148.4 metric tonnes in the third quarter - this is more than twice their shopping bill in the second quarter and get this... it's seven times more than their ...

Mercer highlights allocation dangers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... stretched valuations," said Stuart. "Our view that the Australian dollar was vulnerable to a correction proved correct in the third quarter of this year, however following its bounce back above parity with the US dollar, we continue to maintain a cautious ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... German recession. Nah. The German yield curve remains positively-sloped. The German economy went into a recession in the third quarter of 2008 - two quarters after the yield curve inverted. But while Gringish fear continues to cast a pall over Europe ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Berlusconi as prime minister and he pledged to get to work on tackling a crippling debt crisis in the country, the eurozone's third-biggest economy. Italy's Treasury on Monday raised the three billion euros it had expected to bring in with the five-year ...

Economist and former EU commissioner appointed Italian PM designate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... restore market confidence globally, with Australian stocks gaining so far today as a result. The world's eighth, and Europe's third largest economy must make savings of just over 59 billion euro in order to get the country out of the red by 2014. Austerity ...

One-third advisers switch insurance providers: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
One-third of financial planners have stopped using at least one insurance provider in the last 12 months due to poor support and service. The Investment Trends 2011 Planner Risk Report surveyed 729 financial planners, asking about their satisfaction ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said global markets were clearly focused on Italy at the moment. "They're the Eurozone's third biggest economy. Some say they're too big to bail out, which is basically what's spooking markets across the globe. "We ...

Italy's bond market collapse puts US back in favour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... the money shifts, Reuters has reported US government bond prices gaining ground as investors flee the Italian market, the third biggest bond market in the world. "There's just a lot of confusion, and in this environment that's friendly for Treasuries," ...

AllianceBernstein adds Aust manager to Asia Pacific team

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... AllianceBernstein as portfolio manager for its Asia Pacific Fixed Income team. Gibson's role will start in January. This is the third appointment in three months for the global asset manager in this space after appointing a credit analyst and economist ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... passes economic reforms. The parliamentary vote came at the end of a day when borrowing costs for Italy, the eurozone's third largest economy and seen as in serious peril of falling victim to the debt crisis, soared to record highs. Milan stocks rose ...