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Shocked, not awed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... money are now available to European economies that need them. But for some, Portugal and Ireland and Greece and Spain and Italy are far from being solvent. They could still default. And if that's not bad enough, this is now being extrapolated to all ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... but should remove concerns about contagion," he said, alluding to fears that the pressure on Greece could spread also to Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Iceland. Mr James said heavyweight sectors - resources and banking - had driven the local bourse ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... "what if?" exercise yet again. What if Portugal needs assistance? What if Spain needs a bailout? What if Ireland? What if Italy? Financial markets believe that while the European Union could cover financing needs of Ireland and Portugal, Spain and Italy's ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... significantly below back then. And hasn't everyone and his dog already factored in grim news for Portugal...and Spain...and Italy...and...? There's really nothing new in this whole Eurozone contagion tragedy, except perhaps get a few hearts to miss a ...

PIMCO Australia draws record $30bn FUM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... its sovereign debts. The country is one of the four labeled at most risk of defaulting, the other three being Portugal, Italy and Spain (Hence the acronym PIGS). "What it means is that we've been very active in how we allocate across the different sovereign ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... integrated economic area have emerged as a result of ballooning budget deficits in Greece, Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Italy, among others. And this is beginning to have a negative impact on overall Eurozone economic growth as reflected in the recently-released ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... national output or 5 per cent? Heck, even bigger countries like France, with an expected budget deficit is 8.4 per cent of GDP, Italy (5.1 per cent) and Germany (3.2 per cent) have all breached the Maastricht covenant! This shows that Eurozone authorities ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... cent (a,-123bil), Greece at 87 per cent (a,-208bil) of GDP and Spain at 91 per cent (a,-950bil). That's just the PIGS. Add Italy at 23 per cent (a,-347bn) and Eastern Europe's and the total could easily top a,-2 trillion. And in case you missed it, that's ...

ERSEL selects RIMES for tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... Giubergia', Ersel focuses on asset management services. In 1983 it set up the first mutual fund management company authorised in Italy and, in 2000, was one of the pioneers in the hedge fund sector. With a staff of 170 people employed in its three offices ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... UK and Ireland account for about 23 per cent of the total outstanding Greek debt, followed by France at 11 per cent and Italy at 6 per cent. Germany, Austria and Switzerland hold about 9 per cent and the three Benelux countries another 6 per cent." And ...