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T+2 settlement arrives on Monday

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... and origination settlement cycles and conventions remain the same. Secondary market products include Commonwealth treasury bonds and semi government bonds which are not near maturing; supernational; corporate bonds and commonwealth inflation bonds. T+2 ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... major nations. After the initial lift in the cash rate, the Fed will have to stop reinvesting the proceeds of its treasury bonds and then take steps to proactively shrink its balance sheet. "If you don't think these changes will affect asset prices [...] ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... changes because of a lack of significant economic data. St George economist Janu Chan said there was a weakening US Treasury bonds and a fall in sharemarkets during the overnight session. The two asset classes usually move in opposite directions. "Financial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... indicator for March is due for release. Also, the Australian government will auction $600 million of June 2016 Treasury Bonds. In companies news, Hills Holdings holds a shareholder meeting on the company's restructure plans. Meanwhile, Lynas Corp and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... In economic news on Friday, the Australian Office of Financial Management will issue $600 million of April 2018 Treasury bonds. At the close on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 44.2 points, to 4,913.5. The broader All Ordinaries index lost ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... broker or financial planner. It's understood that all benchmark bonds issued by the Australian Government, including Treasury Bonds and Treasury Indexed Bonds, will be available for trading. The ASX expects retail access to exchange-traded government ...

Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... response to continuing fears of contagion in Europe. The rush to safe-haven bond destinations has pushed demand for US treasury bonds so high that they were trading at price to earning ratios of more than 60, twice their normal level, reported Benjamin ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Turbulence in European debt markets is pushing global investors back towards US Treasury bonds, with demand so high that supply can't keep up. The effect is so extreme that Bloomberg has reported yields are being compressed to what are now 10-year lows. ...

Govt bonds reach $237bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... government bonds on issue have reached $237 billion, ranking approximately 100 from the world's 230 economies. Treasury bonds make up 87% of this total, indexed and non-indexed treasury notes 6% each with 1% in other securities types, according to the ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Gold, silver and US Treasury bonds are all psychological asset classes that will eventually burn investors, according to a chief investment strategist. James Swanson, chief investment strategist, MFS Investment Management told Financial Standard that ...