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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... set up for mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would head off further troubles in the financial markets. The Treasury and the Federal Reserve said Sunday that they would aid the companies if needed. Fears for the health of firms like banks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... composite index shed 18.77 points, or 0.83 per cent, to 2,239.08 and Bond prices weakened as the yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond rose to 3.940 per cent from 3.811 per cent Thursday and that on the 30-year bond climbed to 4.517 per cent against ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... index increased 8.70 points, 0.70 percent, to a close of 1,253.39. Bond prices firmed as the yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond fell to 3.811 percent from 3.834 percent Wednesday and that on the 30-year bond declined to 4.421 percent against 4.428 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... more than 20 per cent since their October highs. Bond prices edged higher Wednesday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 3.81 per cent from 3.89 per cent late Tuesday. LONDON - European stock markets ...

Swedish pension lessons for Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... Swedish system is reflected in their operating expense ratios being as low as 15 basis points compared to the 1.25 per cent Treasury estimate for Australia's superannuation system. Despite these differences, one thing that is comparable is the 11 per ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... candidly told reporters yesterday that he thinks the sub-prime contagion has 12 months to two years left to run. No wonder Treasury chief Ken Henry has just taken off on five weeks annual leave to look after endangered wombats notwithstanding that a ...

TAAM signs TPC for Asia fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM) partnered with distribution firm, The Private Collection (TPC) to promote its new Asia Fund to dealer groups and advisers and educate them on the region's investment opportunities. Peter Sartori, TAAM chief investment ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... fuelled price rises many times higher than the size of the grant. The most useful recommendations from the report are that Treasury investigate whether Australia should consider an "Aussie Mac" type home loan scheme (based upon US style programs), that ...

Another take on LPTs

... have a solid run. "Overall, I'm not buying into the gloom and doom scenarios. Although the economy has come off a bit, Treasury and the Reserve Bank are still looking at 3 per cent plus growth, and that's not to be sneezed at." Michelle Baltazar

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... index was up 54 points at 5,422. Today, the Australian Office of Financial Management announces details of its latest Treasury bond tender. In equities, Rio Tinto Ltd chief executive Tom Albanese speaks at Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch and ...