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PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... ringside watching the soccer match between Spain and Italy. By the looks of it, Spain and Italy should be playing against Germany instead. For the Germans want the 'assistance' to be directed to Spain's Fondo de Reestructuracion Ordenada Bancaria (FROB) ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... which was the ECB's long-term refinancing operation last year - despite the ECB's earlier pronouncements against it and Germany's resistance. They'll do what they have to do. And then there's China. So far there's only speculation of stimulus measures ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... out to be. This is because European authorities are aware of what awaits them if they don't do something, anything. Even Germany would suffer if the Eurozone members go their own ways. The German deutschemark would shoot up, German competitiveness erode ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... distant future. Never mind the volatility in the financial markets spawned by the Ger-Gre game of chickens, but the two G's (Germany and Greece) bluffs and blusters are already creating real pain in Spain. Weekend news report that Catalonia is having ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... the eurozone. While a summit in Brussels saw a pledge of support for Athens it highlighted divisions between France and Germany on dealing with the crisis that threatens to rupture the euro project. Tokyo was flat, edging up 6.78 points to 8563.38, and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... summit and after the former Greek prime minister said Greece might leave the eurozone. Sentiment was also tense after Germany reasserted its stance against eurobonds - whereby strong and weak eurozone countries would pool their ability to borrow - despite ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... leaders tomorrow night. We heard this before didn't we? Late last year and in March of this one. Good idea if they can get Germany and the rest of the 16 other members to agree. Reports that the finance ministers of Germany and France agreed to keep ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... speculation of a Grexit, not if but when. This, Virginia, is all because of the game of chicken Greece and its paymasters (Germany, in particular) are playing. Cue in Joe South: "Oh the games people play now Every night and every day now Never meaning ...

Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... Timothy Geithner and Australian Treasury officials have been communicating with their US counterparts on the issue. France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement with the United States indicating their intention to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... exposure to a collapsed property market. On the eurozone bond market, borrowing rates for Spain and Italy rose sharply while Germany attracted safe haven flows, driving its borrowing rate to record lows. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies ...