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Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... whispering that perhaps Greece is secretly wishing that between now and the 28th, financial markets tank ala the European sovereign debt crisis of recent past - you know the one, the one when any mention of Grexit sent all other European bond yields ...

MSCI makes key hire to lead local ETF charge

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... to service client investment process needs across a very broad number of client segments, including asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, superannuation funds, pension consultants, broker dealers and now retail channels. Theodore Niggli, the company's ...

Tsipras has a dream

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... can't get rid of it." This is what I typed on this space way back in June 2011 when the Europeans were in the midst of a sovereign debt crisis with Greece at the epicentre of it all. Well, don't look now. We have another outbreak of herpes... Greece ...

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... investments and alternative assets. According to the Future Fund's latest portfolio update, the Australian de facto sovereign wealth fund earned 13.2% for the 12 months to end December compared to the 8.3% delivered by the SelectingSuper Workplace default ...

Magellan ups cash weighting ahead of market volatility

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... Douglass added. The last time that Magellan increased the fund's cash weighting was at the beginning of the European sovereign debt crisis in early 2010, he explained. Commenting more broadly on the opportunities ahead for 2015, he labelled the current ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... 5.7%) the euro closed 2.1% lower to US$1.1366 (and continues to fall, now at US$1.1359) - and 11-year low, and euro sovereign bond yields dropped, big time. This is the sort of reaction to expect when already high QE expectations are exceeded. The European ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... depending on which report you read. Who bears the risk? The ECB alone or... shared with national central banks? Which sovereign bonds to buy? All or... excluding Greece and countries with still high debt and deficits - the same ones who desperately needs ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... markets that it would embark on a quantitative easing program of 50 billion euros ($58 billion) a month for purchases of sovereign bonds, to keep longer-term interest rates low. "They basically leaked the package for tomorrow, so some of the surprise ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... ahead to a meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday with the markets now firmly expecting it will begin a sovereign bond-buying program. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index hit a new record close, climbing 0.14 per cent to 10,257.13 points, and the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... causing companies to lay off workers. Such concerns have fuelled speculation that the ECB could launch a program of sovereign bond purchases known as quantitative easing or QE when it holds its first policy meeting of the year on Thursday. HONG KONG ...