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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... compared to last year's daily average of 9.65 billion. US Treasuries prices rose as investors moved out of riskier assets into safe-haven government debt, with the yield on the two-year Treasury note falling to a record low. In the currency markets investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received strong, negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with key market indices all down heavily, oil dropping and only gold amongst key metals showing a rise. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... - The CAC 40 index lost 18.45 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 3,651.91. TOKYO - Japanese shares fell on profit-taking as the safe-haven yen firmed and US markets fell overnight, but sentiment was generally positive ahead of corporate earnings reports, dealers ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... fell by 1.4 per cent in June and is 0.6 per cent lower over the year. Lower prices and falling mortgage rates - thanks to safe-haven buying of US Treasuries, thanks to the European sovereign debt crisis - should encourage more purchases going forward. ...

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
SouthwestUSA Bank in Las Vegas, Sterling Bank in Florida and Home Valley Bank in Oregon were among seven banks that were closed last week alone in the US - suggesting the troubles in the US banking system are far from over. According to the Federal ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Look ma, I passed the test! Hip, hip... Eighty-four European banks received their certificate of financial health from the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) over the weekend. They'll survive a recession and a sovereign debt crisis if ...

Perennial invests in oil equipment stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Perennial Investment Partners' international equities division has invested in oil and gas drilling equipment companies ahead of a predicted worldwide oil rig upgrade following the BP disaster. Clay Carter, head of international equities at Perennial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... straight advance. Bond prices rose as investors, again uneasy about the strength of the economic recovery, went in search of safe investments. The Fed's economic forecast was only slightly more downbeat than the outlook issued in April. Investors initially ...

BNY Mellon JVs for China funds strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... the CSRC in November last year. The asset manager is seeking approval from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) for an initial investment quota. This quota will allow it to invest in Renminbi-denominated treasuries and Shanghai and Shenzhen-listed ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... over-subscription) would have to find other investments - property perhaps? Not when China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) believes that its investments in Europe are safe. "Europe was, is and will be one of the major markets for foreign-currency ...