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NAB responds to ASIC market manipulation allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... April respectively. ASIC has alleged that NAB, along with Westpac and ANZ, "intended to create an artificial price for bank bills" due to having "a large number of products which were priced or valued off BBSW." In a statement, NAB chief risk officer ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... floating rate notes, New Zealand government bonds, interest rate swaps, overnight index swaps, forward rate agreements and bank bills. More than 100 banks and financial institutions globally are connected to Yieldbroker's markets, trading an average ...

RBS enters enforceable undertaking

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... (CFTC) Orders. "RBS is also required to undertake certain remedial measures with respect to its trading in Reference Bank Bills. An Independent Compliance Expert will be required to review and report on RBS's compliance with the EU in respect of these ...

IOOF invests $75m in syndicated loan market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... corporate loan market provides fixed income investors with many attractive features. For example, the loans are priced over bank bills so have negligible duration risk and these corporates are in good financial health following considerable de-leveraging ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... higher than their historical average, for example, US non-investment grade secured loans are currently around 6.0% over bank bills compared with an average 3.5% historically. Market volatility is here to stay, and investors should ensure that their portfolios ...

Bond broker targets WA planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... which has over $6 billion in term deposits under advice, will give WA planners access to short term products such as bank bills, term deposits, government and corporate bonds and hybrid securities. "West Australia has the strongest economy in the nation ...

RMBS market low risk and high return: Aberdeen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... Aberdeen, said the Australian RMBS market, full of triple A-rated securities, is providing returns of 130 basis points over bank bills for two to three year maturities. Issuance is one of many factors that are keeping spreads wide, he said. "The big ...

Future Fund books 4.2pc loss

FUTURE FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... horizon," the update noted. In the period before the mandates being finalised, assets were invested mainly in Australian bank bills, consistent with the mandate for the former Higher Education Endowment Fund (HEEF), generating annualised returns of 3.5 ...

Super funds eye cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... balance of Equipsuper's cash is invested in securities backed by Australian banks. These securities are comprised of bank bills and certificates of deposits - placing them safely under the banner the government's guarantee of wholesale funding to Aussie ...

Westscheme heeds APRA comments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... result of the switch, members in the cash option can expect a gross return in line with the cash benchmark, the UBS Bank Bills Index. The Colonial First State Wholesale Premium Cash fund posted a gross return of 7.61 per cent on a rolling 12-month basis ...