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Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
PAID! Ten big American banks will get this stamp on their TARP loans after the US Treasury approved their repayment of a combined US$68 billion of taxpayers' money. No names were mentioned on which banks are queuing up at the Treasury cashier to pay. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... cent, to a preliminary close of 942.43. The market reacted cooly to a decision allowing ten major US banks to repay the Treasury $US68 billion for capital injections made to stabilise the financial system. Analysts had seen this as another sign of hope ...

Crisis curbs Cuffe charity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... supported largely on a pro-bono basis by some of the biggest names in financial services including Ernst & Young, Deloitte, Treasury Group, RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust and BT Financial Group. The fund is invested with 17 fund managers including ...

Superannuation wins in Cabinet reshuffle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... their new or revised portfolios. Bowen's promotion is doubly significant because not only is it a major expansion of Treasury's Cabinet representation, it combines superannuation and human services - which includes administration and policy for Centrelink ...

Treasury boutiques gain inflows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM), RARE Infrastructure and Orion Asset Management have received inflows in the past month after a seven-month dry spell, suggesting some instos are dripfeeding capital back into boutiques. "Clients were frozen for ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... American government bought and/or guaranteed from US banks and financial institutions and car companies. So off to China US Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner went to assure the Chinese that their investment in America is safe. Somehow I picture Timmy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... inventories, sparking hopes of a recovery in demand that sent oil prices sharply higher. Ample demand at an auction for Treasury debt also eased fears that the government would have to pay higher interest rates to entice buyers. Higher rates on long-term ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... about ballooning US government debt and its impact on borrowing costs amid a prolonged recession, pushing yields for US Treasury bonds higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 173.47 points, or 2.05 per cent, to 8,300.02. The Nasdaq shed 19.35 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... at 3,780. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Office of Financial Management tenders $700 million of June 2011 Treasury bonds. The AMEC 2009 National Mining Congress convenes in Perth for its second and final day. In company news, Coca-Cola Amatil ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... that markets are 'starting to heal' but 'forceful and sustained' policy actions are still needed. These words from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner perhaps best sum up the macro-environment for the second quarter economy through to the remainder ...