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The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... Virginia the country known as 'The Celtic Tiger' that's turned into 'The Celtic Pussy Cat' at the height of the European sovereign debt crisis. It's getting back its roar. The Dow may have hit new highs but its 10.3% gain this year to date and 18.3% ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... demographic trends." She adds that the speed of the transformation, helped by the global financial crisis and escalating sovereign debt problems, has taken many investors by surprise. "A decade ago no one would have believed Mexico could borrow more ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... 500 skyrocketed by 127.6% (31.5% pa) in spite of the spooks that littered the journey on the way to where we are now. Sovereign debt crisis and euro collapse, China hard landing, double-dips, triple dips, 'new normal' (forever slow growth), Jasmine Revolution ...

Aussie stocks best value for 25 years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... flows, and this has created a compelling opportunity," he said. In Australia, fear of the global economic outlook and the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe, has seen a move to defensive stocks such as consumer staples, healthcare, IT, utilities and property. ...

ASX volatility index moves to live pricing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... providing the market with intra-day volatility information. Market turmoil in the wake of the GFC, ongoing European sovereign debt crisis and other macroeconomic risks has seen volatility treated as an asset class in its own right in recent years. Fund ...

Instos on verge of piling into Asian bonds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... corporates. Also, the links between the private and public sectors in Asia tend to be very strong and amount to implicit sovereign support. "As more investors become aware of these benefits and start buying Asia-Pacific bonds, that 100 basis-point spread ...

EU-wide ban on CDS pointless

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
Academic research from Imperial College found that Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads are a poor proxy for sovereign default risk, suggesting that the EU-wide ban on naked CDS positions is unlikely to achieve its aims. Lara Cathcart, senior lecturer ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
Poland, Chile and Spain look a better bet than the US and UK for institutional investors' sovereign debt portfolios, according to a new research report from AXA Investment Management. The investment house has developed a new framework for analysing ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... January that, "2013 will be a 'game changer' for the economy as investors reallocate money after risks such as Europe's sovereign debt crisis receded". A day before Valentine's day, Bloomberg reported "Bridgewater Bets on Stocks as Cash Moves Into Market". ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... according to global data from Towers Watson. The data shows that in 2012 its clients - which include pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies - allocated 70% more assets to hedge fund and private market strategies than in 2010, reaching ...