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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... crisis and weak growth in the eurozone, a major US trading partner. Markets spent the day stuck in negative territory after Germany was able to sell only part of an issue of German 10-year bonds, considered the gold standard of eurozone debt. The Dow ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... lonelier still were reports that none but a very few wanted to buy bonds issued by even the strongest man of Europe - Germany. Last night's auction of a,-6bil German 10-year bonds attracted bids amounting to only to a,-3.9 bil at a yield of 1.98%. Yes ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... 53.59 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 11,493.7. Markets are feeling pressure on several fronts. European powers France and Germany are miles apart over allowing the European Central Bank to rescue the eurozone from a debt crisis threatening to engulf major ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... by massive losses for Commerzbank of more than 15 per cent, taking the stock to record lows, as investors fretted that Germany's second biggest bank needs more capital. The European single currency was little changed at $US1.3492 after $US1.3494 in New ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... in the morning. The rate of return on 10-year Italian bonds rose to 6.647 per cent from 6.631 per cent on Friday, while Germany's 10-year bonds benefited from safe-haven buying that pushed the yield down to 1.897 per cent from 1.964 per cent. HONG KONG ...

UBS GAM scores EUR 500 million mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
UBS Global Asset Management (GAM) has secured a global real estate multi-manager mandate from Germany's largest pension fund, Bayerische Versorgungskammer, valued at around EUR 500 million. Under the mandate, UBS Global Asset Management's Global Real ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... 326.24 points, to end at 18,491.23 and Shanghai ended down 1.89 per cent, or 46.49 points, at 2,416.56. Japan called on Germany -- Europe's biggest economy -- to play a leading role in dragging the region back from the brink. Singapore shares fell 1.72 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... contagion in the eurozone crisis. European stock markets fell as France and Spain faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs and Germany warned Italy's new prime minister to move fast to avert an even deeper debt crisis. Spain's treasury had to pay a record ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... cent) to 2,587.99. LONDON - European stock markets fell as France and Spain faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs and Germany warned Italy's new prime minister to move fast to avert an even deeper debt crisis. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... legally ok based on the ECB's mandate - the IMF in turn, lends the money back to Europe. Sounds like another plan... until Germany quickly shoots it down. Nein! Here's Fraulein Merkel: "If politicians think the ECB can solve the euro crisis, then they ...