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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... holiday. LONDON - European stocks tumbled about four per cent on Monday, with bank stocks hit particularly hard by acute tension over the risk of recession in leading economies and over eurozone debt. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies dropped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after world markets rallied on hopes the US Federal Reserve would respond to mounting signs of weakness in the global economy. At 0750 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Rates rise in Italy while Cypriot pension funds withdraw cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Troubles have again surfaced in the Eurozone with markets concerned over Italian public debt and Cypriot pension funds withdrawing cash from banks exposed to the Greek sovereign debt crisis. The yield on 10-year Italian BTP bonds has risen to 6.26 per ...

Investor eyes fixing on fixed interest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Demand for investments that deliver stable reliable income streams will push demand for inflation linked bonds, said a fixed interest manager trying to cash in on the sector. Omega Global Investors, a boutique manager part owned by the Macquarie group ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
There was no shortage of unsettling events for domestic investors to worry about over the past 12 months but still Australian equities achieved positive returns for fiscal year 2010/2011. The S&P/ASX 300 index rose by 7.3 per cent - 11.9 per cent including ...

Minister faces down advisers over opt-in, risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... upset over two planks of the Future of Financial Advice reforms, answering questions but firmly rejecting criticisms. The tension was palpable at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) luncheon in Sydney yesterday, with advisers reminded to be polite ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
There's more negative news out overnight. What? There's more bad news out overnight. What? Can't hear you. Yes Virginia, if you're looking for reasons to sell there were big numbers out last night that on other days scream SELL! But Wall Street would ...

Diversified pension policy is best: OECD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... live longer." Meanwhile many countries are trying to dismantle incentives for early retirement. Another pension policy tension point is some countries have very high pension expenditure as a proportion of GDP yet have very high rates of retiree poverty ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... default and European sovereign debt crisis, China tightening, US debt, US dollar debasement, Japan nuclear crisis, MENA tension. Check, check, check and check. That's why it wasn't a surprise that despite the daily sharp ups and downs on Wall Street ...

Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... cent by 2021 just adds to the pressure super funds will be under to develop inflation resistant solutions. Causing the tension is that in Australia 51 per cent of superannuation assets are held in equities. While this is only slightly ahead of the world ...