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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Tuesday, the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts a tender process for the issue of $1 billion of Treasury notes maturing on July 22, 2011, and $600 million of Treasury Notes maturing on August 12, 2011. The Australian Bureau of ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... economic conditions continue to deteriorate. What about the mounting US deficit and its "looming" debt crisis? That's the US Treasury's job and its problem. Not the Fed's. The Fed's main concern is employment and inflation. Should conditions get bad ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... thing. China, the biggest owner of US Treasuries, would suffer a substantial loss. And that's another bad, bad thing. US Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner warned that if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling by 2 August, it would have a "catastrophic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... issues figures on lending finance in March. In equities news, Qantas holds a media briefing on its frequent flyer program, Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson makes a post-budget address in Sydney, and the Australian Banking & Finance (AB+F) Retail Financial ...

Deadline tonight for Trio levy submissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... will be used to pay back more than 5000 investors who lost their money in the Trio scandal. Submissions can be made via Treasury's website here.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... tumbled 3.13 per cent to $US47.63 and Nvidia plunged 10.9 per cent to $US18.26. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.19 per cent from 3.23 per cent late Friday, while that on the 30-year bond dropped to 4.33 per cent from ...

Advisers not ready for super changes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... lead-up as well," he said. In the future there would be possible compulsory annuitisation as the super guarantee rises and Treasury guards the notional foregone tax revenue in super - $27.6 billion in the 2011 financial year, he said. Cooper said there ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... April, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts tender processes for the issue of $600 million of Treasury notes maturing on July 22, 2011, and $600 million of Treasury Notes maturing on August 12, 2011. In equities news, Optus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... chief executive of two years, Ray Elliott, said he would retire in December. Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.20 per cent from 3.14 per cent late Monday, while that on the 30-year bond rose to 4.33 per cent from 4.30 ...

Trio compo draft regulations released

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... fraud. Funds will be exposed to a maximum impost of $500,000 down to a minimum of $50 in the draft regulations released by Treasury yesterday. The consultation-only draft rules set out the levy rate, maximum and minimum levy amounts and information on ...