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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... index dove 1.91 per cent and Milan's FTSE Mib slumped 0.93 per cent, as both indices were hit also by rising Italian and Spanish state borrowing costs on the bond market, traders said. A sharp fall in bank shares pushed the Portuguese market down 2.95 ...

IFM look to Latin America in latest appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... adviser to its US$7.1 billion Global Infrastructure Fund. Villen has worked extensively in Spain, including 20 years at Spanish multinational Ferrovial, S.A. His appointment is intended to enhance IFM's strategic industry relationships in Spain and Latin ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Madrid's IBEX 35 index meanwhile jumped 0.95 per cent to close at 8,363 points, as official data showed that the queue of Spanish jobless benefit claimants had shrunk in May for a third straight month. The euro edged up to $US1.3080 from $US1.3076 late ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... Portugal, the auction sold out and at a yield of only 4.45%. Four months before, investors demanded a 5.4% yield to hold Spanish bonds. But even that was down from the all-time high of 7.59% recorded on 24 July last year. And then there's Italy. It auctioned ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... 362,000. LONDON - European stock markets mostly rose in the wake of recent strong gains as traders reacted to news of soaring Spanish unemployment and surprising British growth figures, while earnings updates from major pharmaceuticals were also in focus. ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... Europe - the one that still remains the enduring challenge in the world of economics and finance. Reuters reports that the Spanish government's latest auction of 3-, 5- and 10-year bonds last night was well-bid and sold for at much lower yields. In fact ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... markets initially had a slightly more stable tone today" on the German approval of the Cyprus bailout and a successful Spanish bond auction, said CMC Markets UK analyst Michael Hewson. "In the afternoon session, however, equity markets started to roll ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Slim topped the list with an estimated fortune of $73 billion, followed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates on $67 billion. Spanish entrepreneur Amancio Ortega, who owns the company behind fashion retailer Zara, lies in third place with a fortune of $57 ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... combined only a forth night before? On 4 Feb, the index dropped 1.5% on concerns over political uncertainty over reports that Spanish PM Rajoy could be forced to resign over allegations of corruption and increased prospects of a Berlusconi comeback in ...

Pepper acquires Spanish loan business Celeris

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Mortgage lender Pepper Group announced today an agreement to acquire Spanish consumer loan business Celeris. The acquisition includes a portfolio of approximately 164,000 performing consumer loans and a small non performing loan book, which represents ...