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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a positive performance on Wall Street buoyed by upbeat earnings results and after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said US economic growth had rebounded from the fourth quarter. At 0901 AEDT ...

Gone in 60 seconds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Was it as good for you as it was for me? One thing for sure it was better for those who got on instead of the many who got off the other night. Yes, it sells but we're not talking about that. It's the people who got on the equity market train after ...

Abernathy snubs IMF liquidity drivel

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Calls for further regulation and stricter capital requirements will unnecessarily shackle our liquid banks, says Clime Asset Management's John Abernathy. In a new report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the big four banks - Commonwealth Bank ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Australian pension funds are ahead of the curve with their allocations to real assets, but could further exploit opportunities overseas. Australian super funds currently invest an average 17% of their total portfolio in real assets, although in reality ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
"C'mon baby light my fire..." That exactly was what European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi did when he spoke at the Global Investment Conference in London last night. Read his lips: "To the extent that the size of these sovereign premia ...

Goldman Sachs focuses on HNW with private bank

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
Goldman Sachs 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 ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
"Just once can't we figure out what we keep doing wrong Why we never last for very long What are we doing wrong Just once can't we find a way to finally make it right." -- James Ingram "Just Once" It's a brand new week folks. Yet somehow, why does it ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... However, Merkel earlier said that those calling for Germany to "pour billions into euro-bonds, stability funds [and] European bank deposit guarantee funds" wanted a quick crisis fix that was unsustainable. She stressed Europe would only find a way out ...

HSBC announces first int'l RMB bond

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
HSBC will issue an international 3-year RMB bond, the first to be launched outside Chinese sovereign territories. The move dovetailed with an initiative launched by George Osborne, British chancellor of the exchequer, to make London a centre for offshore ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has risen after the release of some encouraging economic data from Germany and the US. At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.84 US cents, up from 106.47 cents on Thursday. Since 1700 AEDT on Thursday ...