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Mmm...bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... that the Fed would continue priming the economy until all the bears are driven out of hibernation. And this time, the US Treasury has got its back with US Treasury Geithner saying that, it is "very important to reinforce the progress we are seeing." ...

Trust in escrow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... current economic cycle, many are snubbing standard contracts in favour of escrowed deals. Victor Penna, head of product in Treasury Services at J.P. Morgan, said the firm has been in discussion with many finance firms looking to buy investments in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... while Nasdaq composite index rose 1.04, or 0.1 per cent, to 2028.77. Bond prices edged higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.45 per cent from 3.46 per cent late Thursday. LONDON - European equities rallied on Friday, boosted by some ...

Treasury profits down 57pc but positive outlook

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Treasury Group's normalised profit for the past financial year fell by 57 per cent to $7.5 million as funds under management dropped more than 12 per cent to $10 billion. The group's net profit after tax (NPAT) was $4.9 million, a 71 per cent fall during ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... Remember back in the days when the GFC was scaring the living daylights out of Australians all? Back then the country's Treasury "extrapolated" the first quarter's 7.3 per cent drop in capital spending into a total 18.5 per cent collapse in business ...

Price of banning commissions will be high: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... distortions but the price may be advice becoming too expensive, and the advice industry becoming unsustainable, said Treasury in its submission to the Ripoll Inquiry. "Such a ban would eliminate a source of conflicts of interest, or perceived conflicts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... four-day streak that had pushed markets to 10-month highs amid hopes of a global economic recovery. A big rise in US Treasury bond prices, which drove benchmark yields lower, dampened sentiment as the federal government bought debt in an apparent bid ...

Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... economic developments. Bassanese has more than 20 years experience in economics and financial markets. A former federal treasury official and economic consultant at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), he also has a first ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... according to the US Federal Reserve: Economic activity -- "levelling out". Financial market conditions -- "improved further". Treasury buyback -- expiry extended another month to October (just in case). Fed funds rate - near zero for an extended period ...

Irrationally exuberant greater fool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009