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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... something to boost its share price, which has done little in the past two years. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to a low for the year of 3.06 per cent from 3.13 per cent late Wednesday, while that on the 30-year bond dropped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... construction equipment giant Caterpillar jumped 1.7 per cent to $103.25. Bond prices fell slightly. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.13 per cent from 3.12 per cent late Tuesday, while that on the 30-year bond increased to 4.28 per cent ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... company's shares closed at $38.84, sharply higher than the IPO price of $25. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped to 3.12 per cent from 3.13 per cent late Monday, while that on the 30-year bond eased to 4.26 per cent from ...

JP Morgan appoints direct custody head

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
J.P. Morgan Treasury & Securities Services has strengthened its direct custody and clearing capabilities with three new appointments as it prepares to broaden its New Zealand and Melbourne-focused business. Bronwyn Clere was appointed as head of Melbourne ...

Super crime loophole to snap shut

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... the authorities, though the criminal be sent to jail. All that will change from July 1, if the Government gets its way. Treasury has released draft legislation and opened the door for discussion with submissions due by Tuesday, June 14. The proposed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... Nasdaq composite index fell 44.42, or 1.6 per cent, to 2,758.9. As investors sought safer assets, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note went as low as 3.10 per cent, its lowest level of the year. The yield moved back up to 3.13 per cent in afternoon ...

FPA urge Treasury to revise legis

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... platforms. While debating the prevalence of product neutral platforms at a media roundtable yesterday, the FPA said the Treasury and regulations stance of viewing platforms as products and therefore including them in the ban will have major consequences. ...

Planners eye SMSF property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... renovate properties, nor would they be able to rebuild one if it were lost in a fire or a flood. "The ATO, APRA and the Treasury are currently considering this and we hope to get some clarification and softening of the rules later this year," said Burgess. ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... reinvesting principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities and return to holding "essentially only Treasury securities" -- if conditions don't change significantly for the worse. Only after this would they be raising interest ...