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US default risk: Are credit default swaps signalling trouble?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... default by the US in 1979 was due to a backlog in word processing causing a delay in the payment of maturing US Treasury bills. Further, he noted that the US debt ceiling has been raised 78 times since 1960, under both Republican and Democratic presidents. ...

VanEck launches US bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... TBIL is the first short-term US Treasury bond ETF of its kind listed on the bourse, consisting of short-term US treasury bills that are high-quality AAA-rated securities. VanEck chief executive and managing director APAC Arian Neiron said the fund is ...

Senator remains firm on FASEA extension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... time extensions that it needs," Patrick said. "To that order, I foreshadowed putting the same amendment to other Treasury bills - so that the government get the idea that they just need to deal with the loophole. I have drafting instructions in for another ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... not, according to the US Federal Reserve. On October 11, the Fed issued a press release explaining its plan to buy Treasury bills at "an initial pace of approximately $60 billion per month, starting with the period from mid-October [October 15] to mid-November" ...

Adviser cops 262 month jail sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... as a Harvard educated investment adviser and convinced his wife and father-in-law to invest conservatively in US Treasury Bills. He also convinced his own father to invest via his used car warranty company and took money from customers of the company. ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 12.4pct, braces for future

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... disciplined approach to active investment," he said. The 12.43% performance for FY18 exceeds the average return of treasury bills by 10.71% or $3.7 billion. The cost of managing the fund, as a percentage of net assets has dropped to 0.28% in 2017 from ...

Global bond melt-down on cards: Harris Fraser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... that the new targets are likely to be reached by July 2014." With around 36% of the total $3.5 trillion issue of Treasury bills, the US is the largest global 'manager' of its own debt. Raising interest rates with this holding, adds Geary would have a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... and good production results boosted risk appetite. Shares extended early gains driven by a strong sale of French treasury bills overnight, despite news that the EU's second-largest economy was stripped of its top credit rating by Standard & Poor's on ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... per cent. Italy had to pay record rates of 6.087 per cent to sell five billion euros ($A6.7 billion) in 12-month Treasury bills in a closely watched auction which at least attracted substantial interest. Italian borrowing rates on the secondary bond ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... 1.625 billion euros ($A2.19 billion), more than the original target of 1.25 billion euros, in a sale of three-month treasury bills, with the borrowing price stable at 4.56 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed as the eurozone debt crisis ...
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