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Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... to Spain would be next in line? What happened to contagion? Spanish bond yields actually fell after the announcement and Irish bonds were smiling too. And also, never mind that the ECB is poised to raise interest rates after their meeting tonight. Financial ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... Portuguese-German spread declined nine basis points to 362 basis points, the lowest since Jan. 21. The yield on the 10-year Irish security sank 18 basis points to 8.84 percent, while Greek 10-year yields declined eight basis points to 10.97 percent ...

Year of the Bunny

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... market barbarians attack the gates of Europa. The Europeans kicked the Greek debt crisis can of 2009 down the road into the Irish debt crisis of 2010. This got kicked still further down the road into what is increasingly becoming a Portuguese (and perhaps ...

Ireland looks to sovereign annuities

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... Ireland unveiled plans to develop a market for sovereign annuities earlier this week, which could be used by under-funded Irish pension funds to meet their defined benefit liabilities. After extensive consultation with the industry, Ireland's National ...

Grinch vs Santa

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... recovery and therefore investors are buying US dollars to purchase US-denominated assets. Look at Europe, the spread between Irish and German bonds is narrowing. But according to the Grinch, the greenback's rebound is indicative that investors are parking ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... everywhere. Danger in Europe, Will Robinson. The a,-85 billion band-aid given to Ireland has failed to stop its haemorrhage. Irish 10-year bond yields have climbed back up to their pre-band-aided level of more than 9 per cent. If a,-85 billion hasn't ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... weak lead from Wall Street after details of European Union and International Monetary Fund loans were unveiled in Brussels. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said the deal was vital to allowing debt-laden Ireland to move forward. "The final agreed program ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The Irish Government's four-year financial recovery plan is designed to restore confidence and create more jobs, according to the minister for enterprise, trade and innovation, Batt O'Keeffe. The plan underpins the work of the job creation and research ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... include various clauses involving measures to reduce the deficit (ouch!) - may not be the ones to implement them next year. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced that he would call for an election after the passing of the government budget in December. ...

Ireland gives in to EU bailout

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The Irish government has finally caved into the pressure and requested assistance from the European Union and IMF to solve its fiscal crisis and enable it to prop up its ailing banks. The Guardian newspaper reported that Ireland would receive a,-70 ...