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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... news the European Central Bank (ECB) could boost the euro zone's new bailout fund - easing concerns about the region's economies. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up seven points at 4,089. No major economic ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... purchasing power, higher food prices could slow - if not prevent altogether - central banks efforts to re-stimulate slowing economies. Note that China remains an emerging market. Remember last year when the rising price of pork caused protests and social ...

Offshore tax havens bank $32tr: report

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... the report was released, the BBC reported that the black hole figure is equivalent to the size of the US and Japanese economies combined. According to the BBC, the reports said that the three private banks handling the most assets offshore are UBS, Credit ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Getting exposure to global growth economies through proxy companies listed on developed world exchanges is old world thinking that has run its course, according Goldman Sachs. These growth markets include the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... of the European Support Mechanism (ESM) - the bailout fund that is the integral component in well, rescuing drowning economies... and the euro itself. There is America. Recent economic indicators have been disappointing - most notably, the June drop ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... points (0.56 per cent) to 12,943.44. European stocks and the euro rose on prospects that central banks would act to boost economies, while Barclays shares jumped after its chief executive resigned amid an interest rate rigging scandal. London's benchmark ...

StatewideSuper, Local Super complete merger

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... "Superannuation fund mergers have the capacity to deliver benefits to superannuation fund members through the ability to generate economies of scale," she said. "Mergers such as the one that has been completed today would not have been possible without ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... the Valencian Business Confederation in Spain that, "The overall picture then is that we expect growth in the advanced economies to slow but not stop&" It didn't stop alright& the global economy contracted. Actual result -- world growth slipped by 0.6% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... per cent) to 2,976.08. LONDON - European stocks and the euro rose on prospects that central banks would act to boost economies, while Barclays shares jumped after its chief executive resigned amid a rate rigging scandal. European markets were also helped ...