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Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... Democrats (CDU) recent defeat to the pro-growth Social Democratic Party (SPD) at the North Rhine-Westphalia elections, even German voters appear to be turning their backs against austerity. Merkel's Coalition has been on a losing streak in provincial ...

Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
FSC chief John Brogden has called on the Gillard government to provide strong support for the wealth sector ahead of addressing an IRS hearing in Washington DC on the contentious FATCA regime. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regime aims ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... bloc. Investor sentiment has been rattled as Greek politicians fail again to form a government over the weekend, while the German government faces more gloom at the polls. Madrid and Milan shares also plunged by more than 3.0 per cent early on Monday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... dropped 0.47 per cent to 6475.31 points and in Paris the CAC 40 gave up 0.20 per cent to 3118.65 points amid the threat of a German-Franco spat over an EU fiscal pact. Madrid's IBEX-35 leading stock index slumped to 6812.7 points, the lowest level since ...

Private equity tax treatment under scrutiny

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... the asset and hence its enterprise value and you sell the enterprise at a profit." Referring to a recent decision in the German Supreme Tax Court, Maloney said the ATO stance is not unique and better reflects the fact that private equity investors are ...

Lonsec: Australian equity markets ready to rebound

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
Australian equity markets are ready to rebound following the RBA's rate cut this week, according to research house Lonsec. "History shows that a period of successive rate cuts nearly always leads to a strong rally in Australian equities," said Bill ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
Instant replay. What we've seen last week seemed to be a replay of the general theme that has been playing at computer screens near us for some time now. There's the ever-simmering European sovereign debt crisis that creates tension in the financial ...

Wow on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... "Chancellor Angela Merkel backed European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's call to focus on spurring economic growth, as German officials rejected charges they are fixated on budget austerity to fight the debt crisis." For new gentle readers, I've ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Hands up all those who thought that it would be smooth sailing for Europe this year (or even the next). Hands up all those who thought that the Eurozone would dodge a recession or that many of its members would be able to bring down their debts and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on major international markets on the back of disappointing April PMI data for China and the eurozone and as some US earnings results missed expectations. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday, the June ...