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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... Roberts said. Mr Roberts was referring to speculation Japan might sell some of its $US882.3 billion ($A871.67 billion) US debt to help pay for the reconstruction effort. However, he said there was no evidence this was presently occurring. Mr Roberts ...

Fund managers eye Asian equities: RBC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... gains, down from 66 per cent in a similar RBC survey in May 2010. Furthermore, 68 per cent said that foreign holders of US debt would face losses over the next three years. Meanwhile, 26 per cent expect European equity markets to fall, down from 40 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... down to 3.62 per cent, slightly lower than late Friday. A jump in Treasury bond yields would suggest that investors see US debt as increasingly risky. MGM Resorts International Inc fell 3 per cent after reporting a loss of $US139 million ($A139.14 million) ...

US considers retirement reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
As part of a broader effort to get the US debt position under control, President Obama's deficit commission has proposed raising the retirement age and commencing a serious discussion around increasing retirement savings. It echoes the kind of debate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... Australia Bank shareholders who lost money during the global financial crisis due to the bank's exposure to poor quality US debt. On Wednesday, some $24.4 billion was wiped off the market value of Australian stocks, after offshore worries pushed the ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
It cannot be denied that risk assets trounced defensive ones in 2009 - and by a long shot - as investor optimism surrounding the global recovery gathered pace. But as 2009 became 2010, investors seemed not too sure. Suddenly investors are not so sure ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... turning cautious as auto giant General Motors moved towards bankruptcy and the market was gripped by fears about rising US debt. Traders said investors entered the market cautious after General Motors reported that it had failed to win sufficient support ...

Aircraft fund seeks capital

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The $73 million super fund-backed Investec Global Aircraft Fund is launching a second capital raising exercise in March. After a year following its first capital raising, the IGAF - which is backed by Australian superannuation funds AUSCOAL Superannuation ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... continued to accumulate with each economic boom. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) could not find data on US debt prior to 1955. However, data available from Thomson Datastream shows that US debt grew from 130 per cent of GDP in the period ...

CalPERS calls for ratings overhaul

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... efficient and transparent market, an important goal for CalPERS." The 15 municipal bond issuers attributed the recent US debt market fallout as to the opening of this discussion. In a letter to the rating agencies they said, "Many collateralised debt ...