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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... back on reports later in the day that ratings agency Standard & Poor's has warned Germany, France and four other eurozone nations they risk losing their triple A ratings. At 0821 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up ...

BlackRock launches sovereign risk management fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... individual mandates. "The launch of the new fund coincides with turbulence in major debtor countries including Euro-zone nations and the US, which is causing Australian institutions to look for new ways to help manage the effects of increasing risk in ...

BlackRock wins $3.8 billion VicSuper mandates

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... relationship between BlackRock and VicSuper has grown out of important shared values. We are both signatories to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment and act on the belief that excellent corporate governance is essential for ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... traders cautioned that Wednesday's action doesn't address the fundamental problems posed by heavily indebted European nations. European finance ministers in Brussels have been meeting since Tuesday but have failed to deliver a clearer sense of how the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... level considered ultimately unsustainable. In another fresh sign that all was not well among the eurozone's peripheral nations, Fitch cut its rating on bailed-out Portugal to junk-bond status at BB+, blaming its high level of debt and weak economic outlook. ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... on major European bourses as the region's leaders met to try to resolve the relentless debt crisis now threatening big nations such as France. At 0800 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 24 points at 4,128. In ...

FOFA will pass: Shorten, FPA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... its political stability when compared to other global economies and the positive impact change has on industry. "Great nations do not remain great by pretending things can stay as they are," said Shorten. "...It does involve recognising that change is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... was some respite as Italy and Greece put in place new governments committed to tough economic reforms but all eurozone nations bar powerhouse Germany were roughed up on the bond markets. Italian benchmark 10-year bond yields once again topped the 7.0 ...

Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... forecast 2009 -3.50 -4.30 -6.30 -5.10 -5.20 -2.60 -4.90 1.40 year average Noticed anything? The economies of these big nations plummeted, big time at the same time from the second quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009 - most were still contracting ...

Weekend worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... potential to cause chaos but if America is able to continue improving, we'll all be back to talking about "the wealth of nations" instead of worrying about "the debt of nations."