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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... adviser Adrian Leppinus said investor's risk appetite had returned as there was now more certainty around events in the Middle East and Japan. "There has been a lot of political unrest going on the last few weeks, but obviously the market has shrugged ...

Future Fund appoints GM

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... chair of the board of guardians. Before joining the Treasury Group, Burgess was vice chairman and CEO, Europe and Middle East at Credit Suisse Asset Management London. He has also been global head of equities at American Express Asset Management International ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... were boosted by rising commodity prices amid expectations of high demand for Japanese reconstruction and fears over Middle East unrest. But gains eroded as higher levels of radioactive substances were detected in tap water supplies in Chiba and Saitama ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... the financial stocks are in favour," Mr Sekely said. He said the market had largely ignored spreading unrest in the Middle East and some disappointing US housing data. Local investors had not taken much notice of the resignation of the prime minister ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... markets closed higher on Wednesday in hesitant trade as investors tried to keep a fix on fast moving events in the Middle East and Japan's nuclear crisis. The markets opened in positive territory but slipped back as disappointing US housing data and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... said. "The lack of new catastrophic news out of Japan is helping sentiment. "We still have ongoing tensions in the Middle East though, so that still has the potential to affect risk appetite." The Bank of England is due to release minutes for its March ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... lingering in the background, the current threat to the global recovery of higher oil prices due to tensions in the Middle East and the contractionary forces brought about by the UK government's fiscal austerity, the risk to Britain's economy is to the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... has declared a three-month state of emergency in a bid to quell protests, sparking fears of spreading unrest in the Middle East. European markets were also hurt by Moody's downgrade of Portugal's long-term government bond ratings, which stoked jitters ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... for financial market behaviour this month. There were concerns over escalating price of oil due to tensions in the Middle East and Africa, there were fears of runaway inflation and the consequent withdrawing of policy stimulus and lifting of interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... the year will spark a revival. Sentiment was already under pressure from violence in Libya and unrest in the wider Middle East and as this rumbles on, the outlook become even more uncertain. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 1.38 per ...