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Act now to capitalise on Asian fixed income migration: Omega

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... option for investors looking for superior risk adjusted returns," he said. "Banks are just one example. The European and US banks have certainly had their issues over the last few years and those are continuing," he continued. "On the other hand, their ...

Fidelity ups risk on global recovery hopes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... to build," Greetham continued. "Commodities should also gain as global growth starts to pick up, while evidence that US banks are starting to lend again should support the US property market." The investment specialist says liquidity support from the ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... Europe to China, Spanish yields surged and Moody's downgraded the ratings of Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and 13 other US banks. That was bad news day. As it was again last night. Though the financial press nominated differing poisons for last night's ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... prices to slide by 21%; and, a 50% dive in stock market prices. A real nightmare, isn't it? But 15 of the 19 biggest US banks had been tested and shown to survive these all. Unlike the recycled scares on this day a week ago, these are fresh developments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... stocks closed higher Thursday as signs strengthened of an imminent deal that would ease Greece's debt problems, and major US banks reached a settlement over foreclosure abuse allegations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 6.66 points (0.05 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... the yen as fears over the eurozone crisis abated while financial plays were lifted by more upbeat earnings reports from US banks. Tokyo gained 1.47 per cent, or 126.68 points, to 8,766.36, Sydney was 0.59 per cent higher, adding 24.8 points to 4,239.6 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... about their exposure to Europe. The biggest European banks have been downgraded. If Europe's crisis spins out of control, US banks that do business with them would also suffer because of the closely intertwined relationships between global lenders and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... greater fiscal discipline on member countries. Financials stocks were among the biggest winners. Investors have feared that US banks might be dragged down by their close connections to the unstable European financial system. LONDON - European stocks ...

Big four banks downgraded

ELISE BURGESS, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... criteria for assessing banks with predictions coming true this week when the agency house downgraded the ratings of 37 major US banks, including Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, by one notch. ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... and easing fears of a global credit crisis similar to the one that followed the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers. Big US banks were among the top gainers, jumping as much as seven per cent. European banks hold large amounts of European government debt ...