Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 91 - 100 of 102 results for "AOF"

Govt breathes new life into RMBS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
The Rudd Government's move to set up a government-sponsored mortgage body and invest in $4 billion of Australian residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) should reinvigorate the ailing RMBS market and re-instate it as an attractive asset class ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market has received a weak lead from overseas markets, with Wall Street ending mixed on Friday and commodities lower. At 0736 AEST, however, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher today after the Wall Street lifted more than 302 points on Friday night. At 0745 AEST, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures exchange was 72 points higher at 5,034. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks advanced on Monday as investors snapped up beaten-down financial shares on news of the latest injection of funds into a major global bank. Expectations of a Federal Reserve interest-rate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after a mixed lead from Wall Street. In London, base metals prices all were down. At 0807 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 38 points to 6446. Today ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
The Australian market is expected to open higher with Wall Street finishing ahead overnight. At 0705 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Market, the December share price index was 6840, up 18 points on a volume of 1,375 trades. In economic news today, the AOFM ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after stocks fell on Wall Street, as 73,000 workers at General Motors launched a nation-wide strike. This is in spite of higher metal prices overnight and a record-setting performance yesterday ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker after a poor lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0705 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down 17 points at 5879. In economic news today, the ABS releases December ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to weaker after a poor lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0705 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down 27 points at 5881. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...

AOFM establishes lending facility for government bonds

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2004
The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) on Thursday said it had established a lending facility for Australian Government treasury bonds. The facility allows bond market participants to borrow bonds when they are not readily available from ...