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Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... expanding our lending to financial institutions.' Among these, he contemplates Fed purchases of longer-term Treasury or agency securities on the open market. This will bring yields lower and buoy domestic demand, particularly business investment and ...

If in doubt, stop securities lending: WW

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... collateral and indemnification. This is particularly relevant when the client's securities lending programme is run on an agency basis by the fund's lending agent, usually their custodian, said the firm. Regarding counterparty risk, lending agents were ...

Zenith ranks Martin Currie and Franklin Templeton

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... Alpha Fund and the Franklin Global Growth Fund as highly recommended and recommended respectively. As a result, the ratings agency has added both products to the group's Recommended List of Internatioanl Shares - Global (Unhedged). "Due to the [Martin ...

Bravura partners with StorLife

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... area for its account transfer information. Announced in London, StorLife will be used in Bravura's Rufus Global Transfer Agency system which tracks the accounts of investors in mutual funds, equities, cash and hedge funds. "The StorLife proposition replaces ...

AustSuper seeks equities and FI experts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... in the portfolio construction process, manager selection and performance monitoring of underlying managers. Recruitment agency Barber Bunton is driving the hiring process. Both roles will be based in Melbourne.

Banks to benefit from new FI interface

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... dealer-to-dealer market opened only last year and processes government and semigovernment securities and AUD corporate, supra, agency and sovereign fixed and floating rate securities. Half a dozen major banks have equity stakes in Yieldbroker while Omgeo ...

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... Treasury Secretary and the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Director of the Federal Home Finance Agency and the Housing and Urban Development Secretary, will oversee and monitor the implementation and progress of the bailout plan. ...

Investment titans now governed by Fed

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which will continue to insure deposits at Morgan Stanley Bank to the maximum allowed by the agency.

Greater fool with no shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... money market securities. The Fed invoked its emergency powers and announced a US$290 billion program to purchase federal agency discount notes from primary dealers and launch an initiative allowing banks to borrow money for the purchase of Asset-Backed ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... impact of the credit crunch was already being felt. On the ratings front, Standard & Poor's was the most active rating agency in the sector, raising ratings on tranches of Medfin Trust Series 2004-2 and CNH Capital Australia Trust No.3 notes and lowering ...