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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... rose as traders digested mixed retail sales data out of Britain and looked ahead to a meeting of the world's 20 major economies. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day 0.37 per cent higher at 6,838.06 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 rose 0.40 per ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... financial markets, high levels of public debt, continuing global imbalances and remaining vulnerabilities within some economies highlight that important challenges remain to be managed." They're going for growth: "The G-20 officials said they will develop ...

Capital Group appoints two senior executives

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... Equity (Hedged) Fund, the Capital Emerging Markets Total Opportunities Funds and the Capital International Emerging Economies Fund. Angela Roberts has been appointed senior manager of responsible entity to oversee and manage these RE responsibilities. ...

Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... diminished tail risk, but said growth in the developed world will mean policy shifts depending on the underlying strength of economies. "We will not sacrifice quality to stretch for yield and see select opportunities in high-yield and US agency mortgages ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... nothing wrong with the Fed's and the BOE's change in forward guidance particularly when there's broad consensus that their economies are not yet as strong as the unemployment rate thresholds suggest. It's also all good for as long as the markets play ...

CBA posts $4.27bn half year profit

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... continued to have a negative impact on margins. CBA chief executive Ian Narev said the outlook for the global and domestic economies remained cautious and the bank would continue to maintain a strong balance sheet with high levels of capital and provisioning. ...

ANZ profit on the rise in first quarter

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... specialty." Smith said ANZ held a positive outlook for 2014 despite concerns about its exposure to a slowdown in emerging economies through its heavy investment in Asia. "There remain a number of challenging issues in the global economic environment. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... lacklustre reports on Chinese and US manufacturing activity added to concerns about economic growth and emerging-market economies. At 0845 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down 99 points, at 5,046. Data earlier showed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... despite a pick-up in inflation last year and better-than-expected US growth data that helped soothe fears about emerging economies after a global sell-off this week. Tokyo fell 0.62 per cent, giving up earlier gains. The Nikkei dropped 92.53 points to ...

China unlikely to achieve 10% growth again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... idea by saying that "the Chinese and the Japanese economy are going to be more of the same, but the European and the US economies will pick up." Australian contributing economics editor Judith Sloan also spoke at the Financial Standard Chief Economists ...