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Hidden threat may lurk on bank balance sheets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... Four bank balance sheets, a senior equities analyst has said. While public attention has been captured by the Greek sovereign debt crisis and falling demand for home loans, Vince Pezzullo senior analyst, Australian equities for Perpetual, said it was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... easing measures soon. And Hong Kong was hit by a sell-off in Bank of China and China Construction Bank after Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek said it was offloading some of its stakes in the lenders. In other markets, Singapore fell 0.48 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... after better-than-expected US manufacturing data sent Wall Street stocks rallying, while traders' concerns over Greece's sovereign debt have eased. The euro climbed to its highest point in nearly a month against the dollar in early trade as fears over ...

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 ...

New index rates sovereign debt issuers

BLACKROCK RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
BlackRock has launched a new index to help fund managers assess credit risk for governments that issue sovereign debt. Steve Miller, head of Australian fixed income at BlackRock, said the BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index would help portfolios to better ...

Bank stocks rise on Greek confidence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... be felt first in the share prices of the Big Four banks, which all rose on the passing of the austerity package. The sovereign debt crisis in Greece has increased the cost of borrowing on the wholesale markets where Australia's major banks source 40% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... the euro, while banking shares suffered a shock plunge following market rumours of an imminent downgrade of Italy's sovereign rating. Nevertheless, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares rose 0.41 per cent to close at 5,697.72 points. In Frankfurt ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... blogosphere there was an item mentioning Moody's downgrade of Italian banks because it may cut the Italian government's sovereign debt rating. And so we come full circle to the lingering Greek tragedy and the European sovereign debt crisis saga. Reading ...

No change to Korea, Taiwan status: MSCI

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... significantly impaired. Similarly, no changes are being considered to the market classification of Greece despite the sovereign debt crisis and recent turmoil.

Deposits may shield Aussie banks from Greek debt crisis fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... Australia's Big Four banks, but credit market experts say rising deposit rates are counteracting the threat. As the sovereign debt crisis in Europe continues to drag on with a 12 billion Euro tranche of Greek bailout money delayed until next month at ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:33PM
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:20PM
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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