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Treasuries - safe but not so rewarding

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... fight for investor dollars to the market for equities. That's until Cyprus. It has to come up with a,-5.8 billion (by taxing bank deposits, etc.) of its own in order to avail of a,-10 billion bail out. Talk about being crushed between a rock and hard ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... 0.69 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell and the euro suffered a sell-off on Friday after the European Central Bank told Cyprus it would cut off funding to its banks if it did not agree a new bailout deal soon. Regional markets followed losses ...

Super funds eye World Bank Green Bonds: Nikko AM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... investment officer for Europe Stuart Kinnersley said the response had been 'remarkable'. The strategy invests exclusively in World Bank paper which is widely regarded as among the safest available. World Bank Green Bonds are issued in 17 different currencies ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... building manifestos on promises of increased spending which will prolong the cycle of indebtedness," Stewart added. HSBC Bank Australia's head of global asset management Geoff Pidgeon agrees. "The popularity of emerging markets debt is hardly surprising ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... months and counting in spite of the continued deterioration in growth fundamentals. That is, with the exception of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI lowered its benchmark rate from 7.75% to 7.5% two days ago but at the same time, it cautioned ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with the big retail banks and major energy companies leading the broader market higher. Local investors took their cues from a positive night on Wall Street, where the Dow advanced 0.39 per cent, the S&P500 climbed ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Fed promise soothes Cyprus worries. These five words sum up the financial markets' performance while we slept. Good thing the US Federal Reserve's monthly FOMC meeting came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... Parliament of itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie Cyprus told its Goliath paymasters when it rejected their demand to impose a tax on bank deposits as a pre-condition to their salvation. Not one of the 56 parliamentarians voted for it, 36 voted against and 19 abstained. ...

Moneysoft to launch hassle-free data gathering software

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... While it usually takes from 35 to 40 minutes for financial advisers to get their clients' banking details across all their bank accounts, Moneysoft improves advisers' efficiency by giving automatic updates. The product was launched at the end of December ...

BNP Paribas expands banking capabilities

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... the more compelling." BNP Paribas also announced that Nicolas Faust, who managed the project to establish the business as a bank in Australia, will become head of Market and Financing Services Products. He will report to Natalie Floate, who is the head ...