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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... to rise overnight on hopes the European Central Bank president Mario Draghi was getting closer to taking action on the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average added 21.34 points to 13,117.51, and European markets posted ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... moderate gains, extending Friday's sharp rally on hopes that the European Central Bank may soon take action to relieve the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 13,117.51, up 21.34 points, or 0.16 per cent. The tech-rich ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... Better-than-expected US jobs data added to early gains made on a more positive view of the European Central Bank's stand on the eurozone debt crisis. The European single currency jumped sharply to $US1.2391 from $US1.2178 in New York late on Thursday. ...

If not now, when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... rate. Now is the time for the ECB too, not even after staring at a euro record high unemployment rate of 11.2% and the Eurozone's manufacturing PMI dropping further below contraction territory to a reading of 44.0 in July from 45.1 in June. It's also ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... European Central Bank (ECB) chief Mario Draghi announced no immediate monetary measures to ease debt pressures in the eurozone. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies held up better than most, losing only 0.88 per cent to 5,662.30 points. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... where the European Central Bank holds its policy meeting Thursday under pressure to take further action to quell the eurozone sovereign debt crisis and spur stuttering economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 32.55 points, or 0.25 per ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... and travel to places at bargain prices -- but just look at the rising yen and the Swiss franc whenever fear over the Eurozone or global growth makes a comeback and what it's doing to their economies. Their appreciating currencies negate policies designed ...

Asian trustee services in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
Stagnation in parts of the eurozone causing capital to take flight to Asia is creating opportunities for trustee services firms across the Asia-Pacific region particularly regarding overseeing Initial Public Offerings. The Trust Company, Australia's ...

Julius Baer, BOC in private wealth JV

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... Julius Baer has been expanding aggressively in Asia over the past six years as European business has been impacted by the eurozone debt crisis. This expansion has included hiring client advisers, opening a representative office in Shanghai last year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... points. US stocks have soared, buoyed by a pledge from Europe's top central banker to do everything possible to save the eurozone from a raging sovereign debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 212.88 points (1.67 per cent) higher at 12,887.93. ...