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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... said it is facing a $US50 billion ($A50.67 billion) shareholder lawsuit related to its takeover of Merrill Lynch. The bond market rose slightly. The 10-year Treasury bond yield was at 2.00 per cent compared to 2.00 per cent late Tuesday, while the 30-year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... from Greece's debt crisis. But Wall Street momentum faded, only to gather a burst of buying late in the session. The bond market fell Monday. The 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 1.90 per cent from 1.86 per cent on Friday, while the 30-year bond increased ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... per cent) to 1,136.36, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 27.56 points (1.12 per cent) to 2,483.23. On the bond market, traders continued to respond to the Federal Reserve's decision on Wednesday to shift $400 billion worth of holdings into longer-term ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... and Citigroup - saying it saw the US government less willing than before to rescue them if they become unstable. The bond market rallied as investors fled equities. The yield on the Treasury's 10-year bond fell to 1.88 per cent from 1.95 per cent Tuesday ...

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 ...