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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... Herring said. "This could be a reasonable opportunity to buy in." Financial stocks were weaker after news that ratings agency Fitch has put Australia's big four banks on a credit downgrade watch because of their reliance on shaky global debt markets. ...

Covered bonds losing their shine: S&P

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... with investors, despite Standard & Poor's latest assessment that the sector is "losing some of its lustre." The rating agency released its outlook for 2012 predicting a "bumpy year ahead", with the bleak economic backdrop impacting spread volatility ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... sale. Frankfurt's DAX 30 jumped by 1.25 per cent to 6,220.01 points as investors cheered news that international ratings agency Standard & Poor's had maintained Germany's hard-won AAA credit rating. Milan was up by 1.4 per cent and Madrid was essentially ...

Instos set sights on Indonesian assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... income. The Indonesian economy grew by 6.5% in the third quarter of last year, and the country was upgraded by ratings agency Fitch to triple B minus status before Christmas. However, Mandiri Investasi said that more needs to be done to properly communicate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... euro plummeting on a grim Friday the 13th for the single currency. In Brussels, EU government sources told AFP the ratings agency had warned members of the bloc France would be downgraded by one notch, while fellow top-line creditors Germany, Luxembourg ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... of downgrades to European banks and fears that France may soon follow sent offshore bourses tumbling overnight. Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded major banks Credit Agricole and Rabobank on the back of escalating problems in Europe. Others, including ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... leaders would be able to hammer out a debt deal at this week's summit on the debt crisis. The comments came after ratings agency Standard & Poor's spooked the market for the second time this week, warning that it may cut the European Union's credit rating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... Standard & Poor's expanded its downgrade threat against Europe to include the region's bailout fund. The credit rating agency warned on Monday that it might downgrade 15 countries that use the euro, even Germany, which has a perfect AAA rating and Europe's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... to the region's deepening debt crisis. The local market extended its opening losses amid light volumes after the ratings agency warned Germany, France and 13 other eurozone nations they risk losing their triple A ratings. The pullback came despite gains ...

Macquarie team joins IFM

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Companies Fund and Australian Microcap Fund, which have both since been placed on hold by Standard & Poor's. The ratings agency also put the large-cap Macquarie High Conviction Fund on hold, "given the significance of all three team members to the broader ...