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New rules on bank liquidity clarified

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), and Commonwealth Government and semi-government securities - otherwise known as bonds. As yet APRA has not defined any assets that qualify for level two. APRA is now assessing the criteria it will use to evaluate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... economy continues to weaken. Investor gloom deepened a day after the Federal Reserve said it would begin buying government bonds as a way to stimulate the economy. News of slower industrial growth in China and a disappointing economic indicator in Japan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... for March is released. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender process for $600 million May 2013 bonds. In company news, recycling group CMA Corporation Ltd holds an extraordinary general meeting. Modena Resources Ltd, Focus Minerals ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... job vacancies survey. The Australian Office of Financial Management will conduct a tender for $600 million February 2017 bonds. In company news, Sietel Ltd and Zylotech Ltd hold extraordinary general meetings. Business Council of Australia president ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... about their jobs - unemployment rose to 7.2 per cent in December (a 15-year high) - and banks are tightening lending standards. More job losses are in store as company revenues decline and production is cut back - industrial production plunged 7.8 per ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... given the fast deterioration in the Eurozone economy. The Bank of Japan's armory is empty and it has resorted to selling bonds to finance its efforts to support its weakening economy battered by the global slowdown and compounded by a rising currency. ...

AIG secures extra A$54bn in liquidity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... Washington Post, the cash extension was required because since the financial turmoil began, AIG customers have been redeeming bonds and also slowing down the rate at which they purchase new ones, leading to cash-flow shortages. While the US government ...

The global recession we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... holdings, perhaps wishing for a larger reduction, but more likely fearing the impact of a global recession. Even US government bonds provided no shelter. US government bond yields -- from 1 to 30-year maturity - all rose following the Treasury's announcement ...

Economic round-up: Mortgage meltdown misery

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... improved following the implosion of two hedge funds. Managed by Bear Stearns, the second-largest underwriter of mortgage bonds, these funds collapsed from substantial losses on sub-prime mortgage backed securities. To make matters worse ratings agencies ...

AMP expands commercial and consumer finance offering

... customers with both business and personal finance, providing funds to meet a range of needs from equipment finance to deposit bonds " Mr Guggenheimer said. "The GE product portfolio is a strong fit with our business and provides our customers with a ...
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