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Indonesia to defy world growth forecasts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... international sources, notes market commentary from Mandiri Investasi, the investment arm of one the nation's largest retail banks. Demographic factors are also a major factor, they said. "Indonesia and other Asian countries are currently enjoying the ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... Greek bonds held by private investors by as much as 50%; expand the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF); recapitalise banks through direct EFSF bank equity purchases and guarantees on their liabilities; and bring forward the setting up of a permanent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... long-term credit rating by one notch to "AA-" from "AA" with a negative outlook, following downgrades to the country's top banks. Milan soared 2.5 per cent despite a central bank warning of slow growth in the third quarter and a possible credit crunch. ...

APRA executive appointed secretary general of Basel

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... task forces. The Secretary General is also a major point of contact between the committee and other global bodies, central banks and supervisory authorities. Before joining APRA in 1998, Byres spent 13 years with the Reserve Bank of Australia, mainly ...

US regulator spotlights high frequency trades

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... traders use computer driven strategies and algorithms to trade stocks, futures and options. They have become popular with big banks due to their low risk nature and high volume of trades.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... advanced, 17 cents, or 3.6 per cent, to $4.89. Financials gained 0.18 per cent, as investors remained uncertain about Australian banks' exposure to the eurozone debt crisis. All the major retail banks had shed value by noon except Commonwealth Bank ...

Fidelity to offer fixed income products to Australian market

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... months. "For many investors who are struggling with the volatility of the equity markets just now, who are looking at central banks with either very low interest rates or who are potentially cutting interest rates, the fixed income universe is something ...

Volcker Rule could slash Wall Street incomes 25%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
Legislation in the US to rein in investment banks' ability for market making that goes against clients best interests, is proving to be more complicated than first thought. The proposal, known as the 'Volcker Rules', were proposed by economist and former ...

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said that European banks "urgently" needed to recapitalise to weather the sovereign debt storm. Wall Street investors also digested the minutes ...