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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Europe's lead amid growing hopes Europe's central bank may unveil a bond-buying program this week, while investors digested poor manufacturing data. US markets were closed for a public ...

Model FATCA intergov agreement imminent

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... institution asks any US customer to waive their rights under the rules to enable reporting of their information to the US government. If they refuse to provide this waiver, then the institution is required to close the account, according to a Deloitte ...

FSC focuses FATCA talk on govt agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... Ernst & Young's Oceania asset management leader, said that if Australia's rules prove to be too specific for the US government to grant a general exemption, an intergovernmental agreement or country-specific schedule will probably be the next best option. ...

Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... Benjamin Ong, Financial Standard's chief economist in a recent fixed interest sector review. Demand is so high for US government paper that yields are now below 1.5%. Demand for Australian government paper is yet to drive yields this low but at about ...

UK launches bank probe amid Libor scandal

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a full parliamentary inquiry into the British banking sector in the wake of a rate fixing scandal that has already claimed the scalp of Barclays chairman Marcus Agius. A bipartisan committee will hear ...

Volatility predicted for emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... current account deficit has decreased substantially since 2007... and it is likely to continue to correct as the US government tightens fiscal policy in 2013, which should have a positive impact on the US dollar. "Third, the stress faced by Europe, combined ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... tolerate. They could even fall below 1.5%, Bloomberg reported. While yields so low reduce the relative interest bill the US government has to pay on its debt, though not its absolute amount, the downside is it provides no incentive to reduce borrowings. ...

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Whose fault is it anyway? New Greens leader Christine Milne has barely warmed the seat Bob Brown vacated last week and she's already off to a firing start. Don't blame Julia and Swan (and the Greens?), they've been locked in into delivering the "promised" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... with BHP, Rio and Fortescue - that's the major reason we've come off," he said. World oil prices tumbled after the US government reported a big jump in the nation's crude stockpiles, adding to concerns about growth in the world's biggest oil-consuming ...

GM shuts down DB fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... restructuring and a highly successful IPO of the refloated company in 2010 that enabled the company to repay the US government TARP loan much earlier than anyone expected. The IPO also allowed GM to buy back the equity they had to sell to the US government ...