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Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Uncle Ben actually delivers. I think it will. While ex-US Treasury secretary Henry Paulson thinks that the European sovereign debt crisis would only have a minimal effect on US economic growth, Uncle Ben would surely be concerned over some of the reports ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... in the first quarter of 2010 to 8.1% in the first three months of this year. While the uncertainty over the European sovereign debt crisis and accompanying financial market volatility have undoubtedly contributed to this malaise, this slowing is also ...

SWFs to reach $30tr in 20 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Sovereign wealth funds (SWF) have grown to US$5 trillion but still account for just 6% of world funds under management, according to new research from Rainmaker. The SWF sector has grown 10% pa over the past four years and is on its way to reaching ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... Spain was given to hang itself with. For last night, Moody's outdid S&P and Fitch and chopped three notches off Spain's sovereign debt rating to Baa3 - one step above junk - from A3 and warned of the possibility of further downgrades. Fitch Ratings rate ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... night. I doubt that this is still news to anyone though. Too, markets were able to rally even after Fitch demoted Spain's sovereign credit rating by 3 notches to BBB from A with a negative outlook only last week (7 June). According to Fitch, "... Spain ...

Volatility predicted for emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... this year, HSBC GAM has been reducing the overall risk profile of its portfolios, with risk focused on high-grade quasi-sovereign and corporate companies in higher credit countries, and a reduced exposure to EM currencies, according to Osses. "We feel ...

Fidelity: Equities still a long-term option

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... leave your money in the bank where after inflation you'll probably get a negative return. "Or buy corporate bonds or sovereign bonds where you are not getting much of a return either." While the opportunities are there, Ford empahsised that it took confidence ...

Australian economy on target for growth: OECD

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... the changes underway, rather than impeding those changes by, for example, subsidising certain sectors. "The European sovereign debt crisis continues to be the most significant risk to the global outlook, with recent political developments in Greece resulting ...

Deja vu of deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... plunged by more than 3.0 per cent early on Monday on heightened concern that the pair could fall victim to the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, should Greece leave the eurozone. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies lost 1.97 per cent ...