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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 ...

Global bond melt-down on cards: Harris Fraser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... show that the new targets are likely to be reached by July 2014." With around 36% of the total $3.5 trillion issue of Treasury bills, the US is the largest global 'manager' of its own debt. Raising interest rates with this holding, adds Geary would have ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... borrowing costs and stimulate economic growth. Of that amount it will spend $US45 billion ($A42.95 billion) on long-term Treasury purchases to replace a previous bond-buying program of an equal size. The central bank also said it would keep its key short-term ...

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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 ...

NZ Super Fund named world's most innovative

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... of Chartered Accountants Awards, for its 2010/11 Annual Report. Earlier in 2012 the Fund won the INFINZ Excellence in Treasury Award and the Executive Team of the Year in the New Zealand CIO Awards. It was also rated 1st equal for combined Transparency ...

Fund budget surplus with cuts to super tax breaks: Treasury

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... expected expenditure data for the June 2012 quarter, while the HIA new home sales figures for October are also due out. Treasury Wine Estates chief executive David Dearie is due to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney. In equities ...

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 ...

New rules for HFT trading

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... Commission (ASIC) perform market surveillance, said Shorten. The Minister also announced that he has requested the Australian Treasury to conduct a review of Australia's financial market licensing regime. Whilst the review will examine the licensing ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012