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So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... Frank (Sinatra) but it's been playing in my head since the clever people at the IMF, the EU and the ECB -- and oh, also in Germany - decided to throw away the sanctity of the most sacrosanct of the average people's store of wealth, the bank deposit. ...

Hedge fund inflows set to double

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... aftermath of the GFC, may have had their day in the sun. "Macro funds tend to be focused on fixed interest assets in the US, Germany and Japan, but yields falling close to zero has limited opportunities," he explained. "Our research into monthly returns ...

Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating to AA1 from AAA, with Australia now the third largest triple-A bond market after Germany and Canada. The downgrade puts Australia "in a box seat," as the number of economies with triple-A scorecards from every ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... stock markets rebounded with the euro sliding against the US dollar and traders welcoming improving economic fortunes in Germany and looking ahead to weekend elections in indebted eurozone nation Italy. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies added ...

Simple diversification better than 'smart beta'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... while he, or anyone, could not predict how the economic situation in Europe would play out, deciding factors would be Germany's grip on its "purse strings," and the ability for counties like Spain and Greece to make serious structural reform. Commenting ...

Gone in 60 seconds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... banks are repaying their LTRO loans from the ECB. But Europe being Europe, expect the unexpected to happen. France and Germany are at it again. French President Francois Hollande wants exchange rate intervention. "We can't let the euro fluctuate according ...

"Others" are still fearful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... last night and Europe gave up more than 3% as Italy's stock market sank by 4.5% and that of Spain by 3.8%. And oh, even Germany, the region's pillar of strength, fell by 2.5%. I would have been more worried if the markets ignored this latest development ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... more likely that they would if the recent positive reports out of Europe and Asia persist. In Europe, unemployment in Germany fell in January, UK house prices rose in the same month. And get this, Spain reported another surplus in November - the second ...

New COO part of expansion plans at Fidelity Australia

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... officer, managing many complex projects, Fidelity said in a statement. Wang also ran logistics operations in Bosnia and Germany during his seven years as a captain in the United States Army. Fidelity Worldwide Investments Australia plans to expand in ...

2013 a turning point for world economy: Clime

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... commodity prices," he said. Abernathy notes that in Europe bond yields have been correcting to more normal levels both in Germany -where investors were paying for the privilege of lending to the Bundesbank, and in the periphery where yields on 10-year ...