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Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... three-pronged. (1) recapitalisation of European banks to the tune of "tens of billions of euros" to provide a "firebreak" around Greece, Portugal and Ireland and prevent the crisis from spreading to too big to fail Spain and Italy; (2) raise the European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... markets began the week in rally mode on hopes that policymakers would be able to ring-fence the eurozone from contagion from Greece's debt crisis. But Wall Street momentum faded, only to gather a burst of buying late in the session. The bond market fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... level since June 2001. Paris shares were dented by banks that are seen as exposed to risky sovereign debt in Italy and Greece. Athens on Wednesday unveiled more painful cuts to unlock bankruptcy-saving loans from the European Union and International ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... move in opposite directions. LONDON - European equities have fallen on fresh concerns over banks' exposure to indebted Greece, but losses were capped by expectations of more stimulus measures from the US Federal Reserve. However the European single currency ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... investors shrugged off Standard & Poor's one-notch downgrade of Italy's credit rating late Monday. Attention was focused on Greece's bailout talks with its lenders, the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund, for a new ...

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
It's the same old, same old story playing (dragging on) on our financial screens - the tragedy that is Greece. And just like times past, it's leaving a sour taste on investors' mouths. The recent update talks of Greece's meeting with the troika of alms-givers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... was firmly in sell mode after European Union finance ministers over the weekend failed to find a convincing way to tackle Greece's sovereign debt crisis. The indexes trimmed heavy earlier losses after the Greek finance ministry reported "productive and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... decision at the weekend to delay a vote on an eight billion euro ($A10.8 billion) bailout loan till October. This was despite Greece's reassurance that it would install a new range of austerity measures next year. Intersuisse Melbourne director Howard ...

Instos urged to grab sovereign debt chance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... said Towers Watson's global head of fixed income manager research. The US downgrade and the ongoing efforts to prevent Greece from defaulting, or at least from doing so in a disorderly fashion, have served as a timely reminder that countries are fallible ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... meeting in Poland, the euro zone's finance ministers decided to delay an eight-billion-euro ($A10.8 billion) bailout loan for Greece until they had firmer evidence of Athens's willingness to cut its deficit. In another sign of friction, US Treasury Secretary ...