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BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008

... conundrum. The accumulation of surplus and savings in China, the oil exporting countries and Asia are recycled back into US Treasuries. Inflation is no longer a problem. And in case it still is, the Fed has shown that it could immediately contain rising ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008

... concerns were fanned by Freddie Mac's US$3 billion 3-year debt auction, which sold at 1.13 percent premium to 5-year US Treasuries - the highest in a decade - indicating the continued tightness in the liquidity. Financial market concerns also flared ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP | TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007

... based on commodity prices, copper was up around 3.8 per cent for the weekend," Mr Klusman said. "The risk is the US Treasuries have risen from about 4.6 to about 4.75 over the last week and the US reporting season starts next week, (but it) doesn't seem ...

Emerging markets to bounce back after correction

KATE HAGE | FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006

... May, when institutional investor demand fell to the 19th percentile. The report also flagged a pick up in yield in US Treasuries and Eurozone government bonds with cumulative demand growing over the last month, according to the Sovereign Bond Flow Indicator. ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006

... expectations of US$79.9 billion and down from purchases amounting to US$90.5 billion in the previous month. Purchases of US Treasuries were just US$3.1 billion in March but buying of US corporate bonds surged to US$48.101 billion while purchases of agencies ...

General Motors mortgages driving down to Australia

WWW.THESHEET.COM | WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2005

... and high production costs of General Motors. Credit spreads on GMAC debt now exceed 500 basis points relative to US treasuries. According to estimates compiled by consultants McLean Roche, GMAC's vehicle finance business has assets under management of ...

Aust bond market opens broadly unchanged ahead of US jobs report

... separate report showed US construction spending had risen by 0.4% in August, in line with the market forecast. \"US Treasuries had a quiet night, investors preferring to wait for the US payrolls number to be released Friday night,\" St George economist ...

Market Wrap

... local market was closed for the four-day Easter long weekend. CSFB strategists said Australian bonds had followed US Treasuries lower overnight following comments from San Francisco Federal Reserve (Fed) President Robert Parry, who said the Fed could ...

Melbourne Airport completes US$175 million private bond placement

AAP | THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004

... States Private Placement market, the company said in a statement. The notes were priced at 85 basis points above US Treasuries, which equated to an Australian dollar coupon of 6.65 per cent, it said. Australian Pacific Airports Corp Ltd owns Melbourne ...

Westpac completes $US525 million tier one securities offer

AAP | TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004

... issue in the US market. Westpac said the offering was priced with a re-offer of 140 basis points over the 10-year US Treasuries benchmark and provides additional regulatory capital and further enhances the operating flexibility of the bank over a longer ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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