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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... 127,000, not the 85,000 initially estimated, while August was revised from zero to 57,000. The bond market fell. The 10-year Treasury bond yield increased to 2.07 per cent from 1.99 per cent late Thursday, while the 30-year yield rose to 3.02 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... Financial stocks led the way on new confidence that the big US banks were relatively insulated from the eurozone crisis. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday reassured lawmakers that the US financial system was in "a significantly stronger ...

Former Treasury Secretary joins NAB Board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Ken Henry AC will join the National Australia Bank Board on November 1 as a non-executive director after retiring as Treasury Secretary in March this year. Henry was awarded Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) for services and his work in the development ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... companies added 91,000 jobs last month, figures that while meager were better than expected. Bond prices fell. The 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 1.91 per cent from 1.78 per cent late Tuesday, while the 30-year yield climbed to 2.88 per cent from ...

Government publishes core elements of MySuper draft

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... associated fees and charging rules. More MySuper provisions will emerge in further tranches of legislation, according to the Treasury, which said its latest explanatory material "explains, in broad terms, how these reforms will apply to superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... a confidence-building second bailout of Greece and also strengthen the region's banks. Bond prices rose. The 10-year Treasury bond yield was at 1.96 per cent compared to 2.00 per cent late Wednesday, while the 30-year yield fell to 3.00 per cent from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... ($A50.67 billion) shareholder lawsuit related to its takeover of Merrill Lynch. The bond market rose slightly. The 10-year Treasury bond yield was at 2.00 per cent compared to 2.00 per cent late Tuesday, while the 30-year yield fell to 3.09 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... Street momentum faded, only to gather a burst of buying late in the session. The bond market fell Monday. The 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 1.90 per cent from 1.86 per cent on Friday, while the 30-year bond increased to 3.00 per cent from 2.93 ...

New online super tracking portal

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... incomes and older workers," said Bill Shorten, minister for superannuation. The draft legislation is available on the Treasury website.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... job market. Bond prices surged as investors flocked to the safety of US government debt, with the yield on the 10-year Treasury note sinking to a new record low. The 10-year yield stood below 1.72 per cent by,2030 GMT (0630 Friday AEST) down from 1.88 ...