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Yellen yawn turn to Yellen yikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... current target range for the federal funds rate likely will be appropriate for a considerable period after the asset purchase program ends... we currently anticipate that even after employment and inflation are near mandate-consistent levels, economic ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... report sets out some options for change that may be viewed as quite radical by some. They include more compulsion to purchase longevity protection and increased use of defaults. These options will no doubt prompt a lot of debate between now and November. ...

GPS Wealth approves DomaCom fractional property fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Queensland-based dealer group GPS Wealth (GPS) has approved the DomaCom fractional property fund. This latest approval means that nearly 400 advisers now have the DomaCom fund on their approved product list (APL). Commenting on the approval, GPS Wealth ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... program in October but won't begin raising its near-zero benchmark interest rate for "a considerable time" after the asset-purchase program ends. LONDON - European stock markets have closed mixed, but most curbed two days of losses as investors awaited ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... be appropriate to maintain the current target range for the federal funds rate for a considerable time after the asset purchase program ends."... when she testifies before the US Senate Banking Committee tonight and the House Financial Services Committee ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... of 0.5 percentage points to 0.5% on 5 March 2009." Yup, that long ago! It also noted the timing and size of its asset purchase programme. "A programme of asset purchases financed by the issuance of central bank reserves was initiated on 5 March 2009. ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
id the holy spirit just give us a sign? Nah Virgina, I'm speak not of the one-third of the 'Holy Trinity' that is central to the Christian faith but the bank named after it in Portugal - Banco Espiritu Santo. Trading in scripts and bonds issued by Portugal's ...

Canadian pension fund buys AMP NZ property portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
One of Canada's largest pension investors, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has bought a complete portfolio of New Zealand properties managed by AMP Capital worth NZ$1 billion. AMP Capital said the sale would allow investors, which include ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down." -- Chumbawamba Yes Virginia, we didn't expect anything less 'eh my lady? If it didn't happen overnight, it'll happen tomorrow... or the day after. Wall Street got knocked down ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... program in October but won't begin raising its near-zero benchmark interest rate for "a considerable time" after the asset-purchase program ends. LONDON - European stock markets have closed mixed, but most curbed two days of losses as investors awaited ...