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Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... Know why? Just look at the premium investors demand to hold bond issued by these countries relative to their benchmark German counterparts. German 10-year bonds are trading around 2.70%. Yields on Greek bonds of the same maturity are at 16.70% -- a premium ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... interest rates, demanded on its bonds steadily rising. The spread between the yield on Italian 10-year bonds and the benchmark German equivalent hit records on Monday and Tuesday before pulling back. Spain's borrowing costs have also skyrocketed in recent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... Lisbon's PSI-20 fell 4.28 per cent. In Italy, bank shares suffered the sharpest falls. Investor concern rose further after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had told Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to ensure Italy's parliament approved ...

Euro solar attracting Australian investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
Australian investors are investing in European renewable energy markets instead of domestic due to lack of stability and uncertainty at home, according to private equity firm Polaris Energy. The Luxembourg-based company said that Australian investors ...

Super acting like a SWF: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Superannuation in Australia is acting like a sovereign wealth fund and is on track to boost savings each year by three per cent of GDP. In a major speech last week on Compulsory Superannuation and National Saving, Treasury researchers David Gruen and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... Frankfurt the DAX gained 1.13 per cent to 7,376.24, and in Paris the CAC 40 climbed 1.48 per cent to 3,982.21. News that German banks will take part in a second Greek debt rescue package also helped improve market sentiment, as did moves by Portugal ...

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Just do it! For all the positive spins given to explain the big gains on Wall Street overnight, it's probably Nike that did it. Cyber reports speak of the Germans now being in tight with the French and agreeing to swap a big portion of their banks' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
The Australian share market is expected to benefit again today, after a second day of strong performances by Wall Street. At 0658 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 4,521. There is no economics news scheduled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... budget measures - as negotiations on a new rescue package went into high-gear. In Italy, the spread between Italian and German 10-year bonds hit 212 basis points - their highest level since the creation of the euro, while banking shares suffered a shock ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... capital base to shield them against contagion from Greece's imminent default. This certainly would be very popular among German taxpayers. The same goes for other stronger Eurozone member countries. This could stop contagion at the door of profligate ...