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Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... Omega Global Investors research has shown. Despite the European government bond crisis brought on by Italy, Spain Greece, Portugal and Ireland, the global government bond market has in the last 12 months returned 10% for a very low amount of risk. Mathew ...

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... with tougher austerity so that it can borrow more? Remember the time when mere hints that Greece, then Ireland, then Portugal were about to ask for a bailout sent markets a-tumbling down? This time markets are willing Spain to go ahead, ask for a bailout. ...

Australian super funds, world's third best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... to have amounted to $280 billion, equivalent to 20% of total superannuation savings. By contrast, in Italy, Greece and Portugal there is almost no private pension system despite annual pension payments accounting for 13% of their GDP, whereas in Australia ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... there is non-compliance with the macroeconomic adjustment or precautionary programme." Under these conditions, the PIG - Portugal, Ireland and Greece - already qualify for the OMT. Spain is reportedly waiting for more details (as in, how strict or less ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... ignored reports that Spain's 10-year bond yield jumped above 7.0% -- you know, the level at which Greece, Ireland and Portugal asked for a bailout. No wait, Spain already did and the German Parliament just approved its a,-100 billion rescue package last ...

Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... to fail and too big to bail. Remember it was once Spain? Because its debt was more than those of Greece, Ireland and Portugal combined? But with the pledge of a a,-100 billion rescue - along with Germany's concession that the ESM would not have preferred ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... shake up competition among Wall Street's biggest firms." And lest we forget, there's still Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, perhaps soon France and finally Germany. There are rumours here, gossips there and speculations everywhere about what ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... solution. But it must be said that a pro-bailout win doesn't in any way improve the dour fiscal accounts of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. The hope is that a positive result in Sunday's Greek elections would buy the PIGIS breathing space ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... Spanish banks and would be disbursed with limited conditions attached. Rescue or bailout means Greece and Ireland and Portugal, and that's that. You can tell Rajoy must be so pleased with himself after getting the 100 bil handshake that he flew to Poland ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... investors kept close watch on Spain, seen by many as most at risk of needing a debt bailout to follow Greece, Ireland and Portugal. A public holiday in London - which will also be closed on Tuesday - made for muted trade. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 fell ...