The sharemarket broke a 10-day winning streak yesterday after the US Federal Reserve said the country's economy had paused recently. However, the Australian bond market found support after a wave of selling. "Being the last day of the ...
Tags: stocks, US economy, sharemarket
The chairman of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission has broken ranks with Treasurer Wayne Swan on reform of the bond market, saying that any move to establish a retail corporate bond market must wait until there is a deep and ...
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Spot futures are still gravitating towards the 75 cents level and for the past eight sessions the March contract has settled within a very narrow band of less than 100 points,between 74.79 and 75.71 cents/lb. There have been a few ...
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Even with the myriad of obstacles preventing a full scale recovery for the overall U.S. economy, the design and construction industry appears to have reasons to be at least modestly optimistic in the coming months and into next year. A ...
Tags: construction industry, recovery, economy, projections
Taipei,Oct.17,2012(CENS)--After the absence of new issuance for two years,a new product will hit the global-board bond market,as BNP Paribas will float 200 million Australian dollars of corporate bond,with interest rate topping 4%.Since the ...
Hermitage-based Lexon Insurance has signed a definitive stock purchase agreement to buy Florida-based Peninsular Insurance. Under the terms of the agreement, Lexon will acquire all the of Peninsular Surety and the latter will become a ...
Tags: Lexon Insurance, Peninsular Insurance, purchase agreement, insurance
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity for the $628 billion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for October was $7.6 ...
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Taiwan may be able to establish RQFII (renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor) mechanism, similar to Hong Kong, thereby facilitating the flowing back of renminbi to mainland China, which is critical for Taiwan to develop into a ...
Tags: Taiwan, RQFII Mechanism
Taipei, Oct. 25, 2012 (CENS)--In order to revitalize the international-board bond market, the GreTai Securities Market (the over-the-counter market) has proposed to the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) allowing simultaneous listing of ...
Tags: bond market, GreTai Securities Market, FSC, ECB
Even with the myriad of obstacles preventing a full-scale recovery for the overall U.S. economy, the design and construction industry appears to have reasons to be at least modestly optimistic in the coming months and into next year. A ...