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No meat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... trying to impress people here Lisa. You don't win friends with salad.' Homer Simpson. Equity investors who came to US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's bank bail-out barbecue found Goober was serving only salad. They left taking their 'bring your own ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... market is expected to open lower as Wall Street and European markets took sharp falls in response to details of a US Treasury bank stabilisation plan. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 80 points lower at 3,353. ...

Macquarie targets funds mgmt acquisitions

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... $43.8 billion of AUM. Wikramanayake said Macquarie achieved strong outperformance in its Income Opportunites, Diversified Treasury and Income Plus funds in 2008 and expects to attract strong inflows into income funds this year. Funds management has been ...

BNP Paribas upgrades client support

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
BNP Paribas Securities Services and New South Wales Treasury Corporation have teamed up to launch My Queries, a client support system developed by BNP Paribas, in Australia. My Queries is a web based automated query management and client support system ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... statement -- that is, to continue expanding its balance sheet. 'The Committee also is prepared to purchase longer-term Treasury securities if evolving circumstances indicate that such transactions would be particularly effective in improving conditions ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... in jobs and avoid social instability. How this figure was arrived at is beyond me. Perhaps the same way as former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson arrived at his US$700 billion bail-out package. Plucked from the air. The good news is that China's economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... dropped 39.52, or 2.63 per cent, to 1,467.45. Bond prices were mixed on Thursday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 2.62 per cent from 2.55 per cent late Wednesday. The yield on the three-month ...

UK coalition pushes responsible investment cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... investors to support regulatory reforms that will create a "sustainable" financial system. The statement, which is signed by Treasury Select Committee chair John McFall, Trade Union Congress (TUC) general secretary Brendan Barber and Hermes Stewardship ...

ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... and price discovery and that they're continuing to consult with industry," he said. IFSA will continue to work with the Treasury department and the regulator to ensure the ban is lifted as soon as possible, O'Shaughnessy said.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... looking for insights into what steps the new administration will take to shore up the economy. President Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary nominee, Timothy Geithner, was on Capitol Hill for his Senate confirmation hearing. He asked Congress to act quickly ...