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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... in Europe on news the 17-nation eurozone economy fell into recession in the third quarter as a result of the region's sovereign debt crisis. At 0633 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up two points at 4,353. No major ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... opportunities offered by assets perceived as having higher risks than the so-called safe havens of US, German and Japanese sovereign debt, such as corporate and emerging-market credits, continue to be attractive. The relative valuations of perceived ...

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... mid-2012. This follows Europe's loss of US$10.9 trillion in the value of household assets over the past year due to the sovereign debt crisis. The report also reveals that aggregate global household wealth fell by 5.2% or US$12.3 trillion in current ...

Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Investors are encouraged to leave their fear of sovereign investing at the door as a shift in the global government bond market indicates promises of reliable returns, new Omega Global Investors research has shown. Despite the European government bond ...

Fund managers bullish on Asian bonds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... corporates whereas when you're investing in hard currency or USD you're predominately investing in Asian and Emerging Markets sovereign - so the risk and volatility profiles of those two asset classes are quite different." The present risk on/risk off ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Management. J.P. Morgan's Emerging Markets Bond Index Global shows that the risk premium on dollar-denominated emerging-market sovereign debt has shrunk to 370 basis points over United States Treasuries, from 426 basis points at the end of 2011. "Over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Madrid, the IBEX 35 index gained 1.07 per cent to 7867.10 points. Spain is not planning to make an imminent demand for a sovereign bailout from the eurozone to end its financial crisis, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in the Spanish capital. Investors ...

Towers Watson expands Microsoft agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... risk management disciplines with the technology currently used by pension funds, insurers, multinational companies and sovereign funds. The company said the extended agreement with Microsoft would strengthen the modelling software developed by Towers ...

Water an alternative with yield

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... said Lourey. International institutional investors such as Hassad Foods, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund currently invest in the Australian water market at far higher rates than domestic funds. While Tyndall AM remains ...