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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... "Economists are expecting the ECB to cut rates, but will also be focused on whether a plan will develop to re-enter the sovereign debt markets with unlimited but sterilised bond purchases," they said. LONDON - European shares wavered after losses in ...

Barclays announces new CEO amid new investigation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... day after the announcement the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had launched an investigation into a 2008 deal with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. Jenkins has been brought in to replace Bob Diamond, who resigned last month amid the scandal over rigging Libor ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... market had reached a watershed with investors unwilling to push up values unless specific policies to solve Europe's sovereign debt problems were produced. The 4,300-4,400 All Ordinaries levels the share market currently hovered around matched the peaks ...

100% world recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... hole, Jackson Hole, that is. But while the headlines continue to be littered with negative stories about the European sovereign debt crisis, the limping growth in America and/or a hard landing in China, the indicator of fear in the financial markets ...

ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... is a legal product, it's uniquely lethal and addictive." The Greens have meanwhile argued that the Future Fund quasi sovereign wealth fund should follow suite, especially given that they have an estimated $250 million or 0.3% of their portfolio invested ...

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... Asset Management head of strategy and research. Elections in the United States, turmoil in the Middle East, the European sovereign debt crisis and a slow down of Chinese growth are the four key factors that could spark a shock, he warned. With voters ...

Sitting and waiting and still hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... the Bundesbank put an end to this wishful thinking. "The Bundesbank remains critical of the purchase of euro system sovereign bonds, which comes with considerable risks for stability... Decisions about a possible broader mutualisation of solvency risks ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... news sells, 'ey? There were a host of reasons cited for that 'woeful' consumer confidence number in one month - Europe sovereign debt crisis, China slowdown, the high Australian dollar, no more RBA rate cut, carbon tax and as you see in the ABC headline ...

Unique investment opportunity in water

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... Australian water as Olam International (a Singaporean food company) and Hassad Foods (the agricultural investment arm of the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar). The investment of the Chinese-owned Shenhua Coal in NSW's Hunter Valley will also come with ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... structuring its investments can be essential to maintaining the board's rights and entitlements, including the benefit of sovereign immunity for tax purposes in certain jurisdictions," the Future Fund stated yesterday. Several groups have made submissions ...