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Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... 100 new accounts were opened each month. Anxiety over the value of the US dollar, future inflation and the US government debt suggest that demand for gold would continue to increase in the coming months. This would send prices even higher but at the ...

ANZ says no to ING IM acquisition, for now

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... the firm's insurance and investment businesses over the next four years to shore up its balance sheet and repay government debt. The group revealed a massive restructuring program that will see it either sell, float or part-float its insurance and investment ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... risk assets. This could only be half true. The other half-truth is that investors remain willing to finance US government debt. But while the world makes up its mind on Uncle Sam's future, Canada - it seems - remains in dire straits. Canada's official ...

ING to divest insurance and investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... dispose its insurance and investment businesses over the next four years to shore up its balance sheet and repay its government debt. In a company statement released overnight, the group revealed a massive restructuring program that will see it either ...

Get into corporate bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... offer a fresh opportunity for Australian investors over the short to medium term, despite an expected surge in government debt issuance, said Aberdeen Asset Management. Aberdeen predicts Australian corporate debt issuance, which has been virtually zero ...

Get into corporate bonds: Aberdeen

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... offer a unique opportunity for Australian investors over the short to medium term, despite an expected surge in government debt issuance, said Aberdeen Asset Management. Aberdeen predicts Australian corporate debt issuance, which has been virtually zero ...

The market's next 800-pound gorilla

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... June 2014, that debt will be $315 billion." Hockey acknowledged that in the short term, the current supply of government debt is not a concern while the private sector is not rushing to borrow money. But he said the sector will want to return to the ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... do penance before the wounds inflicted over the past two years have healed completely. No one complained about government debt and borrowing when financial markets were soaring - they may be higher now but they were high even then. No one complained ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... multicurrency bonds in order to hedge against potential disastrous losses on their investments due to soaring US government debt and a weakening US dollar. China is the world's biggest holder of US bonds, Japan the second and Russia third. Like any investor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... 1,862.37. Investors welcomed a drop in jobless claims, growth in retail sales and better-than-expected demand at a government debt auction. But traders also seemed mindful of how far the market has come in its three-month rally. The stock market has ...