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Global govt bonds downgrade: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... unattractive,' saying risk premiums no longer compensate long-term investors for duration risk. On-going money printing by central banks and flows into assets perceived as safe have pushed the risk premium significantly lower, according to the firm ...

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
Central banks are lobbying the US government to relax key aspects of the Volcker Rule that they fear could weaken trading volumes for their sovereign bonds. The Volcker Rule was introduced by the Obama administration following the Global Financial Crisis ...

Long-term outlook bullish on emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
Central banks focused on supporting growth have eased inflationary pressure in emerging markets, with a positive long-term outlook, according to the Templeton Emerging Markets overview for Q4 2011. China's reduction of cash reserve requirements for ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... switched tactics towards a looser policy late last year? Why do you think the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and other central banks that could cut interest rates late last year? It may not yet be doom - that would come on 21 December 2012 according ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... $US1.3308 from $US1.3413 late in New York on Wednesday, having fallen as low as $US1.3289 - its lowest level since central banks intervened on markets last week to support banks. London's FTSE-100 index of top companies slid 1.14 per cent to close at ...

Sovereigns need not apply

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... post-meeting press conference. And the rumoured "trick" to get around the EU Treaty whereby the ECB or national central banks lend to the IMF and the IMF turns around to buy Eurozone bonds? Forget it! Not going to happen. Or maybe... not yet. So now ...

Ashton launches Gold Share Class

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... established by government decree. They have no inherent value and their supply is theoretically unconstrained. When central banks decide to increase the monetary base well in excess of GDP growth, this by definition is value-destroying. A gold-based ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... gained 1.15 per cent to close at 5,552.29 points, posting a gain of 7.51 per cent over the week that also saw top central banks move to ease commercial banks' access to dollars. In Paris the CAC-40 rose 1.12 per cent to 3,164.95 points for a gain of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... declined after the previous day's jump. The Australian market is already up six per cent so far this week, as top central banks agreeing to pump dollar liquidity into the international banking system to avert a global financial crisis. IG Markets strategist ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... Nasdaq edged up 5.86 points to 2,626.2. The Dow soared 490 points Wednesday, its seventh-best gain on record, after central banks around the world slashed the cost of borrowing dollars for European banks. The coordinated action was aimed at shoring up ...