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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after sharp declines on Wall Street. At 0649 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 4,4005. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Here we go again! Just when we all thought that the Greek problem is done and dusted - at least until the next time it needs to be done and dusted - along comes that other Greece, and it's name is Portugal. Warnings galore. Credit-rating agencies went ...

European authorities will blink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
It's got the euro in its hands. It's got the whole world in its hands. There's some semblance of relative calm on financial markets overnight. Wall Street reversed early losses and closed higher. European stocks still ended in the red but on lower negatives ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
In case you missed it, former US Federal Reserve Alan 'el maestro' Greenspan has just declared Greece dead - well, almost. No way out. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Greenspan declared that the "chances of Greece not defaulting are very ...

US reforms pave way for super investments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... opportunity has opened for international institutional investors, including Australian super funds, to invest in private credit and debt in the US at cheap levels. "Some people are holding debt and they're not happy holders, they're going to sell it ...

Asia ushers 2010 with caution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... expect them to attempt to reduce the energy dependence of their growth and green house gas emissions," noted Mercer. Private credit is also expected to make a mark this year following a weaker global banking system. As global economies recover, businesses ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... evolving circumstances indicate that such transactions would be particularly effective in improving conditions in private credit markets.' And hope for the best. 'The Committee anticipates that a gradual recovery in economic activity will begin later ...