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Govt breathes new life into RMBS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... the 90s but without the necessary regulatory framework. "I think one of the points here is that the Australian financial system has evolved dramatically over the last 15 years...there's actually an asymmetry in the regulatory system, this new market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... Wall Street went into convulsions overnight following the rejection by lawmakers of a massive rescue of the US financial system. At 1215 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had fallen 176 points, or 3.66 per cent to 4,631.4, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... exposures," he said. The prime minister said the central bank in each country should have responsibility for financial system stability and the IMF should embed "globally agreed best practice standards of financial regulation - and [be] assessed by the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... today after US political leaders struck an agreement in principle on a $US700 billion plan to revive the crippled financial system. It is hoped both houses of US congress will vote on the plan within days. Wall street and European markets have reacted ...

TARP or TRAP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... urgency of the swift passage of the bail-out package. US Federal Reserve Governor Ben Bernanke warned that the US financial system faces grave threats and fears that economic growth in the second half of 2008 may be 'appreciably below potential. Bernanke ...

The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... appreciating enabling banks to earn profits, encouraging more lending which provides further lubricant to grease the financial system. Asset prices rise. The Exchange Stabilisation Fund is able to dispose of the troubled assets. US government winds down ...

Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... effect will the same, a US budget deficit blow out. And with foreigners becoming edgy over the fate of the US financial system and the broader economy, they would require more incentives (read higher interest rates) to continue lending money to America. ...

Greater fool with no shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... authorities combined to wrench the claws off the credit squeeze that, last week, threatened to strangle the US financial system to death. The George W. Bush administration proposed to build a dumpster - worth US700 billion - hopefully big enough to contain ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... rally on Friday as investors returned to the market on the back of a US Treasury plan to restore calm to the financial system. At 0745 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's December Share Price Index contract was 133 points higher at 4,928. In news today ...

Dec 2007 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... England, the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank agreed to jointly inject more than US$100 billion into the financial system through repos, swaps arrangements and/or direct injections of liquidity into the financial system. On Wednesday, 12th ...