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G-20 reasons to be hopeful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
A summit to have another summit. If anything, this was the consensus reached at the 4-5 September G-20 meeting in London whose finance ministers and central bankers continue to disagree to agree. But whereas the previous two meetings - November 2008 ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... that other international body - the International Monetary Fund - was promised a tripling of its capital after the G20 Summit in London roundabout April Fool's day, the WB only received an endorsement of its 'Vulnerability Framework' from the G20 - no ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... Investments Commission case against Fortescue Metals Group continues in the Federal Court in Perth. The Australian Uranium Summit begins in Perth. Sims Metal Group Ltd will issue a third quarter earnings update. In Melbourne, Rio Tinto Ltd global head ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... rally on Thursday, closing higher for the third consecutive day as investors cheered decisions at a Group of 20 crisis summit and revamped US accounting rules that could ease financial pressure on banks. LONDON - European stock markets mostly dropped ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... said. The market opened strongly, following the leads of Wall Street and European markets, which rose on news from the summit of G20 leaders in London. The summit agreed to to inject $US1 trillion ($A1.4 trillion) into the global financial system as ...

GFC Problem solved

... ended last night's session 2.8 per cent richer. While it is easy to conclude that this was due to the success of the G20 Summit - they agreed to re-write the rules of the capitalism game - there is more to this than meets the eye. The G20 resolved to ...

Make love not leverage

... Financial Fools' Day is what some 4,000 anti-everything protesters dubbed the day when leaders of the G20 meet to hold a summit on 'how do we solve a problem like the GFC?' The protesters were railing against almost every issue known to man it seems. ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... optimism reigned supreme last week. Nothing has changed dramatically from one week to the next. The reason why the G-20 held a summit over the weekend. The reason why Japan announced a third government stimulus plan. The reason why the Bank of England ...

Strike equities now: JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... long term benchmarks," said John Coombe, head of consulting at JANA and a panelist at today's Fidelity Australian Equities Summit. Coombe acknowledged it was impossible to pinpoint the turning point of when markets will rebound or continue to fall - ...

Instos cool on direct infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... distressed assets, private equity and hedge funds in the next 12 to 24 months, according to a survey. The Alternative Investment Summit Industry Survey, conducted in January this year, found 72 per cent of institutional respondents are interested in ...