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Deutsche Bank job cuts

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... cutting up to 1000 positions in its investment bank after declines in revenue. The job cuts would be made mostly out of Germany, reported Bloomberg. In October Deutsche Bank announced that it would cut 500 jobs in the corporate banking a securities sector ...

REST Industry Super delivers 0.85%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... agricultural, and property asset classes, while the best performing asset class was bonds as yields in Australia, the US, UK and Germany fell to record lows on the back of safe-haven demand and expectations of further falls in official cash rates." Sayer ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... spark that quickly died out as soon as the first set of bad news trickled out of the region. The most recent one being Germany's high court still deliberating the constitutional legality of the European Support Mechanism (ESM) - the bailout fund that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... about Italy's finances which stoked fresh fears about the eurozone. Stocks had also been pushed lower by the prospect that Germany may delay the launch of a permanent bailout fund for the eurozone. Tokyo closed flat, edging down 0.08 per cent, or 6.73 ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... a deficit of as much as 6.3% of GDP this year without incurring "financial penalties". And then there's the bad news. Germany's Constitutional Court is examining a number of complaints lodged by academics, lawmakers and ordinary citizens against the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... executive resigned amid a rate rigging scandal. European markets were also helped higher by a cautiously optimistic report on Germany's economy from the International Monetary Fund, and news that Ireland would return to the bond markets on Thursday for ...

Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... would do everything within their power to keep the single currency area single. The cost would be too great - even for Germany - if it were to shatter. In addition, could you name one euro head honcho or treasury chief or central bank commander that'll ...

Real estate suffers as Europe goes DC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Paul Trickett, head of global portfolio solutions at GSAM told a gathering in Germany that the whole DC model across Europe is under-developed in terms of asset allocation. Trickett said this is "because the ...

Dressing the windows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... to come to this conclusion. In particular, if you've read George Soros' interview with "Der Spiegel" magazine, blaming Germany for this on-going crisis. "Germany could leave, but it would be incredibly costly... Because this is the case, Germany will ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... know what they have to do. Sorry Frau Merkel, just kidding. Quite right, Virginia. It's the same underlying problem -- Germany's refusal to underwrite its co-members debts and deficits and its co-members' refusal to give up sovereignty to Brussels -- ...