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FATCA discussions welcomed by FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... would be subjected to FATCA reporting and withholding requirements. The FSC has been in ongoing discussion with senior US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service officials and relevant members of Congress on the impact of FATCA on Australia's financial ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... result in a further deviation between underlying fundamentals and the still relatively low yields available in the US Treasury market. Careful political and policy analysis will clearly be required here." Milligan added: "The possibility of new leadership ...

US releases model FATCA agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
US Treasury has released details for future intergovernmental agreements on FATCA, a step that the Financial Services Council says brings resolution of the US-Australia potential compliance problem one step closer. The model agreement will serve as ...

Model FATCA intergov agreement imminent

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
Following talks with US Treasury officials, the FSC said a model intergovernmental agreement on FATCA would be released in the next few weeks. FSC chief John Brogden has urged the Australian government to take advantage of the option and act quickly ...

Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... response to continuing fears of contagion in Europe. The rush to safe-haven bond destinations has pushed demand for US treasury bonds so high that they were trading at price to earning ratios of more than 60, twice their normal level, reported Benjamin ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... is not the form or shape of the stimulus but whether or not Uncle Ben actually delivers. I think it will. While ex-US Treasury secretary Henry Paulson thinks that the European sovereign debt crisis would only have a minimal effect on US economic growth ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... month. This is lower than the lowest yield (2.08%) reached at the height of the GFC in 2008. So what does the 10-year US Treasury yield of sub-2% tell us? It tells us that the bond market expects economic depression and deflation to ensue. Investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... dived in the wake of European and Asian losses on rising investor worries about Spain's weak banks. The yield on the US Treasury's 10-year bond hit an all-time record low and the US dollar reached a nearly two-year high against the euro as investors ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Turbulence in European debt markets is pushing global investors back towards US Treasury bonds, with demand so high that supply can't keep up. The effect is so extreme that Bloomberg has reported yields are being compressed to what are now 10-year lows. ...

Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... intergovernmental agreement as a matter of priority." Treasurer Wayne Swan is believed to have previously raised the issue with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Australian Treasury officials have been communicating with their US counterparts ...