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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... contested purchases programs. The ECB as expected left its key interest rates unchanged on Thursday, holding its main "refinancing" rate steady at 0.05 per cent after cutting it last month. And ECB chief Mario Draghi announced that the bank will start ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... between 12 and 22 September. The ECB's easing - record low interest rates, negative deposit rate and targeted long-term refinancing operations (TLTRO) -- has not yet filtered through into the economy. Whoopsie, I mean worry. It's been nearly three months ...

Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... "how much" of this purchase programme, only that, "The newly decided measures, together with the targeted longer-term refinancing operations which will be conducted in two weeks, will have a sizeable impact on our balance sheet" because "at this stage ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... 10bps reduction in the deposit rate to minus 0.10%, along with other initiatives such as the "targeted longer-term refinancing operations" (TLTRO) aimed at giving both the euro area's economic growth and inflation more oomph. Given last night's disappointing ...

Everything but the kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... your money to earn more money. This is exactly what the next set of ECB give-aways emphasised: "targeted longer-term refinancing operations" (TLTROs) worth a,-400 billion or cheap loans to credit institutions that, in turn, could prove growth in net ...

Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... then monetary policy can play a bridging role... Term-funding of loans, be it on-balance sheet - that is, through refinancing operations - or off-balance sheet - that is, through purchases of asset-backed securities - could help reduce any drag on the ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... but provide more accommodation, the ECB would, they thought. All they got was more of the same. The ECB kept its key refinancing rate unchanged at 0.25% and... more "forward guidance". In his post-meeting press conference, ECB President Mario Draghi ...

Guardian launches referral network strategy guide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... responsible' embarking on major life decisions like marriage, buying a house, taking out a mortgage, having kids or refinancing debt. So it's key to understand what other professional service firms your target clients are already doing business with". ...

AMP seeks to raise $200 million with debt issue

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... AMP's balance sheet while increasing the company's flexibility to meet general funding requirements and support the refinancing of subordinated debt of AMP group. This includes the AMP subordinated notes issued in 2009, known as AMP Notes." The AMP Notes ...

Challenger refinances $300m debt facility

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... refinanced $300 million of its debt facility. The total debt facility of $300 million remains unchanged after the refinancing, but Challenger has increased the weighted average term of the debt from 1 to over 3 years. At the same time, the weighted average ...