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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Europe's lead amid growing hopes Europe's central bank may unveil a bond-buying program this week, while investors digested poor manufacturing data. US markets were closed for a public ...

Principal Global gets $150m QFII quota

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... decision-making process of either firm, according to a company statement. "For those investors fortunate enough to access them, the China A-share markets currently offer one of the most attractive investing opportunities in the world," said Tony Chu ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell with blue-chip stocks Boeing and Hewlett-Packard helping give the market its worst day so far this month. At 0809 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
"Australian shares could snap a five-week winning streak after US markets fell as Fed hopes faded and data from China and Europe pointed to a stalling global economy." This was the first sentence that caught my eye as I clicked on theage.com.au this ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
This is because for every up move, there lies that nagging feeling that it's the calm before the storm and it's only the hope, the prayer and the wish that the Fed and the ECB and the PBOC and the BOJ and the BOE and the RBA et. al. would hand us a ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Don't look now but fresh bad news has just come out of China. This time, however, there was not that "sky is falling" feeling that populates cyberspace each time Chinese economic updates disappoint market expectation. Sure there were the obligatory ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street pared early gains to close similarly flat. At 0752 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up two points at 4,258. In economic news on Wednesday ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Another day, another blah to keep risk takers happy. Yes Virginia, in keeping up with our Olympics theme, it's turning out to be a blah relay. This time, Eric S. Rosengren -- president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - is running with the blah ...

Asian trustee services in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
Stagnation in parts of the eurozone causing capital to take flight to Asia is creating opportunities for trustee services firms across the Asia-Pacific region particularly regarding overseeing Initial Public Offerings. The Trust Company, Australia's ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
"C'mon baby light my fire..." That exactly was what European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi did when he spoke at the Global Investment Conference in London last night. Read his lips: "To the extent that the size of these sovereign premia ...