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Macquarie EM infra index could become benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... individual constituents effective on quarterly dates. MEMIDI is available in several currencies including the US dollar, Sterling, Australian dollar and Japanese yen. Stewart Ferns, Macquarie Research Equities equity analyst, said MEMIDI had historically ...

Local banks face global assault

... providers will dominate the market, said Matthew Marks, regional industry manager, Banking and Finance Asia Pacific at Sterling Commerce. For example, top five global banks such as JP Morgan, HSBC and Deutsche Bank tend to win major transactional deals ...

Macquarie prices 350 million pound securities offering

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2004
... not elected on this date, the distribution rate would be reset to 2.35% per annum above the then five-year benchmark sterling gilt rate, and the securities may be redeemed on each fifth anniversary thereafter, it said. The bank said the first coupon ...

Fitch says downgrades QBE long term rating to A

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2004
... long-term rating to \'A\' from \'A+\'. At the same time, the agency has assigned its proposed GPB150 million senior unsecured sterling issue due 2009 an expected \'A\'. The outlook on the ratings is Stable. The downgrade reflects QBE\'s increased financial ...

Interstar launches largest ever Aust non-bank RMB issue

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2004
... largest Australian non-bank RMBS issue. The split currency issue comprises of 579 million euro and 500 million pounds sterling is a four tranche mortgage backed Floating Rate Note (FRN). It was launched by Barclays Capital & the Royal Bank of Scotland ...

A$ drops against greenback

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2004
... an interest rate hike in the US," he said. "The US dollar is stronger across the board, particularly against the euro, sterling and the yen." In another better than expected result, US business inventories rose 0.7 per cent in February, a report released ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
The Australian dollar has lost more than 1% overnight after the United States dollar rose against the euro and sterling as profit taking on the European currencies continued. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $0.7503/08 compared with yesterday's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
The Australian dollar has opened weaker after selling of the euro and sterling against the United States dollar overnight dragged the local currency down. At 7am (AEDT) the local currency was trading at 75.88 US cents compared with yesterday's close ...

Midday Market wrap: $A weaker at noon, bonds firmer

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2003
... Jo Masters said the US dollar had weakened right across the board last night, which resulted in the euro, Swiss franc, sterling, New Zealand dollar also reaching fresh highs.

Morning Market Wrap: $A rises to fresh six-year high overnight

... $1.2363 against the US currency. "The US dollar was weaker right across the board last night, so the euro, Swiss franc, sterling, Aussie, kiwi all reached fresh highs overnight," Macquarie Bank currency strategist Jo Masters said. "It's part of this ...