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US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... Fed's updated forecasts indicate that this would not be in the first quarter of next year as Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard declared in his interview with Fox Business News last week. At its June meeting, the Fed revised its outlook ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... that is, sooner than everyone in the planet expects. Bullard of bull (dropping?). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said so in his interview with Fox Business News. Read his lips: The market and even the Fed don't know. "...I ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... overnight despite continuing - nay, escalating -- tensions in Iraq (there done, Iraq mentioned) and reports that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko threatened to cease the ceasefire with pro-Putin separatists in eastern Ukraine. To be fair, the Dow ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... increases the prospect that the ECB will QE. Super Mario said so. In his interview with Dutch daily De Telegraaf, ECB President Mario Draghi declared that quantitative easing (QE) is "indeed possible within our mandate, namely if the purchases are aimed ...

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... the Journal said, though precise terms have not been set and the deal could be delayed. French officials, including President Francois Hollande, have criticised the size of the fine under discussion as disproportionate to the offences.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... 6,000 last week, while the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose 0.5 per cent in May. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama offered up to 300 US advisers to train Iraqi forces. Iraqi forces regained control of the nation's largest ...

State Street hangs on to REST custody contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... in funds under management and 1.9 million members, REST is one of their biggest clients. State Street executive vice president Ian Martin said the renewal was a "vote of confidence". "We recognise that the world in which Australian super funds operate ...

CBA names new CIO

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... lead the newly formed architecture and planning team in enterprise service. Prior to taking up this role he was a vice president of enterprise systems at BP in the United Kingdom and is also a former Accenture partner with extensive SAP experience. Whiteing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... attention as Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged the people to defend the country against jihadist insurgents while President Barack Obama said he was examining options short of sending in US troops. Insurgents have seized Mosul, Iraq's second-largest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... or 0.79 per cent, to 4,297.63. Jihadists pushed toward Baghdad on Thursday after capturing a town to the north, as US President Barack Obama said his national security team "is looking at all the options". With the militants approaching the capital ...