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Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), to convince markets it has the means to protect highly indebted nations such as Italy and Greece. HONG KONG - Asian shares surged after weekend meetings of European leaders resulted in "good progress" ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... contracts traded. The local bourse opened higher after mixed overnight leads with global investors waiting for European Union nations come up with a solution for tackling the eurozone debt. IG Market market strategist Stan Shamu said many investors were ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 5.42 points (0.21 per cent) to 2,598.62. Divisions among European Union member nations over how to resolve the eurozone sovereign debt crisis had markets on both sides of the Atlantic on edge. A European Union ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... "There's an expectation you'll get a really good picture of what the agreement will look like when the full G20 (Group of 20 nations) meet on November 3 and 4 and markets are really sweating on that." Gold major Newcrest Mining slumped $1.87, or 5.23 ...

Indonesia to defy world growth forecasts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
As global forecasters cut their outlook for world economic growth, one of the few nations they are upbeat about is resources powerhouse Indonesia. Deteriorating conditions forced Citibank last month to cut their global gross domestic product forecasts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... over a resolution to the crisis. All 17 eurozone countries have now voted in favour of a revamped bailout fund to help nations that are in financial trouble with Slovakia being the last one to approve it on Friday morning, Australian time. Earlier in ...

SG increase the key to global pension top spot

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... said Knox. Home ownership rates also improved Australia's rating when compared to other countries, particularly European nations, with trends showing the UK, US and Australia having higher rates of home ownership, adding more security in retirement. ...

Invesco shuns global brands in Asian growth story

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... Hong Kong since 2008 and has around $900 million in funds under management. "When we look at the history of developing nations becoming developed, we find that income levels typically settle at around US$30,000 per capita in modern day terms," said Yuen. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said the EU executive was seeking "co-ordinated action" in all 27 European Union nations to recapitalise banks. The debt crisis is now seen as threatening the banks exposed to distressed sovereign debt which now ...

Social investments hinge on the right financing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... Christian Super has a mandate to make investments that uphold high ESG standards and is a founding signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). "We hope to continue to engage the government to ensure that the right structures ...