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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... rates steady. However the euro gained against the US dollar as traders reacted to positive bond sales by indebted eurozone nations Spain and Italy. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies posted a narrow gain of 0.05 per cent to 6,101.51 points. ...

Above trend growth bodes well for commodities

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
... the massive infrastructure requirements of these economies. "Global growth is increasingly being led by China and those nations with high exposure to China have outperformed," says Bloxham. We expect growth in China to pick up from 7.8% in 2012 to 8.6% ...

IFM awarded inaugural Aust Small Caps mandate

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2012
... not-for-profit Australian pension funds, IFM invests on behalf of institutional investors. It is committed to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment and has been a signatory since 2008.

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... weakening resolve to control inflation. US Treasuries may not be overly attractive in this environment noting that in nations with proper political governance this would trigger serious debate about fiscal policy, but the US inspired by its belief in ...

NZ Super fund kicks out companies

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... exclusion follows work the companies did in the Occupied Palestinian Territories which was found to be illegal by the United Nations. Israeli settlements and separation barriers constructed by the three companies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories ...

China's coming soft landing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
Australia might be worried about a hard landing for China's economy, but not many other nations seems to be. But it also raises the question about what is a hard landing in China? Even during the depths of the GFC, their (China's) economic growth dipped ...

Euro endurance is lesser of two evils

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... influence. More importantly, it would strike at the very heart of a 60-year project," he explained, adding that war between nations of a separated Europe is not outside the realm of possibility. Finally, McMahon says that even if there was the financial ...

Flip flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... will stay intact 35.4% Greece but no other country will be ejected 23.2% The Eurozone will shrink to a core of creditor nations (Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Finland) 34.2% Germany will leave the Eurozone 4.9% Other ` 2.4% Mercer Hammond ...

AIST CEO resigns for UN post

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI is a global investor initiative in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative and the United Nations Global Compact. Reynolds will take up her appointment with PRI ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... happens here these days," Mr Peacock said. Europe's main stock markets also dropped with workers across indebted eurozone nations striking in protest against their governments' deep austerity programs. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies dropped ...