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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... Committee on Wednesday, with some traders expecting the launch of new stimulus to kick-start the weak economy. The bond market was mixed. The 10-year Treasury bond yield was essentially unchanged at 1.94 per cent from late Monday, while the 30-year bond ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open little change, from last week's positive finish. At 0708 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up eight points at 4163. In economic news, on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

AQR earns $150m of mandates for hedge fund strategy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
AQR Capital Management has secured more than $150 million in new institutional mandates for its hedge fund strategy in Australia and New Zealand over the last three months, including $52 million from Mercer. The AQR Wholesale DELTA Fund, launched in ...

Omega bond launch timed for asset allocation shift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... debt to GDP ratios or corporates that have low leverage, high return on equity and lots of liquidity. "The Australian bond market is not that well diversified, so we want to be more diversified than the benchmark and a great way to do that is to buy ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... of 1.20 francs per euro, saying the high value of the franc was a threat to the economy. On the European sovereign bond market, yields for Italy and Spain fell. The Spanish benchmark 10-year bond slipped under 5 per cent to 4.981 per cent, down from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... debt issues in a number of Eurozone countries prompted a steep decline on equity markets. Meanwhile, the Australian bond market was firmer. At 1200 AEST, the September 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 95.825 (implying a yield of 4.175 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... traders do not want to be caught on the wrong side of any potential large swings tonight." Meanwhile, the Australian bond market was stronger at noon. The September 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 95.590 (implying a yield of 4.410 per cent) ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... out their nation's economies that the total outstanding value of bonds only grew 5%. Seventy per cent of this global bond market is held as domestic bonds, where the bonds are issued by domestic entities in their home currency. The remaining 30% is issued ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... interest rate cuts start to diminish slightly, another positive for the Australian dollar. Meanwhile, the Australian bond market was weaker. At 1200 AEST, the September 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 95.575 (implying a yield of 4.425 per ...

Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... overdoing their penance for giving glowing AAA ratings to junk investments back in the days. At any rate, the Japanese bond market's reaction shows that I'm not alone. The downgrade hardly caused a ripple in Japan's bond market. Japanese government bond ...