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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... 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 gains ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... so the headlines make it appear to be and made grimmer by Standard & Poor's slashing spree of ratings tied to the US sovereign the following trading day. 'Midnight Trader' reported at the time that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae got chopped, so were "farm ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... 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 Nasdaq rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... Street with investors disappointed the European Central Bank announced no immediate measures to solve the euro zone sovereign debt crisis. At 0739 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 28 points at 4,200. In economic ...

Investing in Asia conference opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... of local fund managers, understanding and managing issues associated with local regulation, compliance, governance, sovereign risk and asset custody." Asian funds management also has some subtleties that Australian participants need to appreciate, such ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... 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 cent, lower ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... spoke at the Global Investment Conference in London last night. Read his lips: "To the extent that the size of these sovereign premia hamper the functioning of the monetary policy transmission channel, they come within our mandate... Within our mandate ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... 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. The S&P 500-stock ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... But at least, they had the element of surprise in them. They caught investors off guard. But this ones -- the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis and recession and potential dismemberment, the China hard landing story and slowing emerging market growth, the ...

ESG sheds light on Sov debt crisis: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Environmental, social and governance research has a role to play as Europe's sovereign debt crisis blurs the lines between the definitions of developed and developing nations, according to a global responsible investment expert. A lot of the countries ...