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Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... selling gold at below US$300 an ounce back in the late 1990s - in exchange for sovereign debts -- and buying them back now at close to US$2,000 an ounce. A contrarian indicator perhaps?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... and New Hope Corporation Ltd post full year results. In Australia, the market on Monday ignored positive offshore leads to close sharply lower amid renewed concerns about the eurozone debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 67.9 points ...

Instos urged to grab sovereign debt chance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... recommends looking beyond a standard global bond benchmark, which are packed with low reward US and Japanese treasuries, paying close to 1.9% and 1% respectively. "A better way is to get a good diversified benchmark and we've been working to develop ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... hopes for strong action on Europe's debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 75.91 points (0.66 per cent) to close at 11,509.09. The broader S&P 500 rose 6.90 points (0.57 per cent) to 1,216.01, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite climbed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... higher. "Risk appetite has been returning a bit over the past couple of days on the thinking that the Europeans are getting close to resolving or having one voice in terms of dealing with the Greece and Italian situation... which reflects on our market," ...

Spring lands CBA wealth head role

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Annabel Spring has been appointed as Commonwealth Bank's new head of wealth management, replacing Grahame Petersen who will now lead the business and private banking division. Spring, currently the group head of strategy, will take over as group executive ...

Insto investors stand by equity risk models

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... alpha model, risk model and optimiser, you'd get the same positions; but any of several competent approaches would get you close and that's probably what we observed," they said. On sampling error that occurs when using models, 82% of institutional investors ...

Perpetual shuts $1bn mortgage funds to focus on income

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Perpetual is closing its suite of mortgage funds, which have around $1 billion in funds under management, turning its attention to commercial mortgage lending and a secured private debt series for retail investors. As of September 17, Perpetual will ...

UBS $2bn rogue trader in custody

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... (FSA) have already been in contact with UBS. "UBS immediately informed us. We have taken note of the case and we are in close contact with the bank," a spokesperson for FINMA said.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... top banking names, especially in France, and added yet another hardship to investors that also face a global slowdown. At close, Paris' CAC-40 index rose 3.27 per cent to 3,045.62 points with French banks shares rocketing. BNP Paribas rose 13.4 per cent ...