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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... two-day meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Thursday (US time) said it would buy $US40 million worth of mortgage-backed securities a month in a bid to lower long-term interest rates, which the Fed hopes will spur borrowing and spending. ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Netherlands' largest pension fund, ABP in a bid to claim back losses which allegedly resulted from investments in residential mortgage-backed securities.

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Chancellor Merkel is poised to agree to allow the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) to buy crisis hit government bonds and that the EU is set to announce a a,-745 billion deal to rescue Spain and Italy. We'll have to wait for the official communiquA(C) ...

Super sector turning to dedicated long-term lenders

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... construct and actively manage a diversified granular portfolio of mid-sized ($5-$10M) Australian and New Zealand first mortgage secured commercial real estate loans.

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... only the very brave buying their debt issuances. And it's not just this. Remember, Bankia? Yes, Spain's second largest mortgage lender and fourth largest bank. The one the government rescued with a a,-4.5 billion injection about two weeks ago? Seemed ...

Global govt bonds downgrade: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... significant share of government bond supply while the stock of safe assets reduced due to the European sovereign debt and US mortgage crises. "Intermediate interest rates have fallen to very low levels. We think they now offer a very low risk premium ...

CFSGAM secures $1.3 billion UniSuper mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... bonds and was secured by competitive tender. Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) already manages cash, mortgage- backed securities and unlisted infrastructure for the fund. "This appointment recognises our existing track record managing ...

Australian Unity offers instos retirement investment opportunities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... health care assets including medical centres. "Although they are property assets, they have characteristics very similar to bonds with capital gain at the end but a strong running yield year-on-year." According to Alcorn, there is a chronic undersupply ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... amount of Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 3 years or less." Further, "To help support conditions in mortgage markets, the Committee will now reinvest principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... Twist," as well as the Fed's decision to hold ultra-low interest rates unchanged, but its decision to re-invest in agency mortgage-backed series came as a surprise. In announcing the new measures, the Fed painted a grim picture of the economy, strapped ...