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Bond investors beware interest rate risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... lurking in many fixed income portfolios. Chief among them is the risk that a 17 basis point uptick in the 10-year US Treasury yield would wipe out a years worth of income for many bond investors. The BlackRock Investment Institute says fixed income portfolios ...

Banks raise $15bn in wholesale markets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... $US1.25 billion, three-year bond issue which came out earlier this week. Priced at a margin of 57 basis points over the US Treasury rate, the three-year, unsecured bond issue was marketed to accounts in Asia and the US. Managed by ANZ Banking Group ...

FATCA outcome remains unclear

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
The full impact of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regulations from the US Treasury and IRS on Australian financial institutions is still uncertain, says Ernst & Young's Paul Siviour. Ernst & Young's Oceania Banking and Capital Markets ...

Debt ceiling forces US Treasury to suspend TSP contribs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... employees Thrift Savings Plan have had employer contributions into US government securities suspended as part the US Treasury's plan to avoid breaching the debt ceiling. The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) is akin to an industry fund for US federal employees ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... ($A344.75 million) as it seeks a bigger share of the lucrative New York-to-London travel market. AIG also gained after the US Treasury Department said it had sold the rest of its stake in the insurer. AIG was bailed out by the government after nearly ...

Final hour fiscal cliff verdict will be reached: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... predicted to push the world's largest economy into recession. Gianluca Moretti, senior research analyst at UBS, says that US Treasury would freeze public sector wages and delay some payments. Fears surrounding the US's credit worthiness would weaken ...

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 ...