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Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... be more determined to push it through now, after credit rating agencies S&P and Fitch warned that Australia could lose its AAA-rating if he doesn't deliver. Boyoboyoboy, this certainly couldn't happen to Australia, especially not under the watch of 2011's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... to 5,940.72 points after Fitch lowered Britain's long-term outlook to negative from stable, while confirming its top-level AAA rating. Elsewhere, Zurich rose by 0.50 per cent, Madrid by 0.42 per cent, Brussels by 0.66 per cent, Milan by 0.85 per cent ...

BetaShares launches High Interest cash ETF

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... fixed income ETFs are also expected to be launched on the ASX in the near future. The new high interest cash ETF will trade as AAA, with the aim of exceeding the 30 day Bank Bill Swap Rate with monthly income distributions. "With the introduction of ...

Pressure on yields continues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
As new liquidity requirements push demand for state debt higher and Australia's AAA rating holds, there is no end in sight for downward pressure on yields, according to an industry expert. Added pressure from foreign borrowing and high bank demand looks ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Standard & Poor's was at it - slashing - again last night. After lopping off one A out of France's and Austria's AAA credit rating at the end of last week, it did the same for the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF). According to S&P: "We consider ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... 6,220.01 points as investors cheered news that international ratings agency Standard & Poor's had maintained Germany's hard-won AAA credit rating. Milan was up by 1.4 per cent and Madrid was essentially unchanged. In foreign exchange trades, the euro ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... and are now rated AA+ -- the same as America. Only Germany, The Netherlands, Finland and Luxembourg retained the precious AAA rating. But for how long, I wonder? Now the heat is on. Europe must do something BIG and NOW before the entire region gets buried ...

Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... tough ask if you ask me. Ratings downgrade speculation. The latest one being that Standard & Poor's is about to slash France's AAA credit rating. Although it did not happen overnight, statements by French authorities and the ECB before "the fact" suggests ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... eurozone; (2) Markedly higher risk premiums on a growing number of eurozone sovereigns, including some that are currently rated 'AAA'; (3) Continuing disagreements among European policy makers on how to tackle the immediate market confidence crisis and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... credit rating agency warned on Monday that it might downgrade 15 countries that use the euro, even Germany, which has a perfect AAA rating and Europe's strongest economy. On Tuesday, S&P said it might also cut the AAA rating of Europe's bailout fund. ...