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COMMERCIAL banks have demonstrated supremacy on investment in government securities, accounting for about 90 per cent of the successful bids in the Bank of Tanzania's (BoT) auction in February 2012. The central bank says in its monthly economic review for ...
May 25, 2012 at 10:34 | Source: AllAfrica.com
US government bonds funds usually invest in Treasury bills, notes, and securities issued by government agencies. They are considered to be the safest in the bond fund category and are ideal options for the risk-averse investor. In the chart ...
May 25, 2012 at 12:43 | Source: Minyanville
Over the past two weeks, the shilling has given up nearly all the moderate gains it had made this year, weighed on by a surge in liquidity that sent yields on government securities tumbling, raising the prospect of lower dollar inflows.
May 21, 2012 at 14:35 | Source: Reuters
The fund limits its exposure to individual repurchase agreement counterparties to 25% of their total assets for those repurchase agreements fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury and government securities. Other types of repurchase agreements entail lower ...
May 25, 2012 at 15:35 | Source: Business Wire
Furthermore, given the primary investment focus on U.S. government securities, the rating may be sensitive to material adverse changes in the U.S government's financial condition and that of the broader U.S. economy. Fitch receives weekly fund holdings ...
May 11, 2012 at 19:12 | Source: Business Wire
Rival banks are distancing themselves from JPMorgan, which invests less in US-government guaranteed securities than any large US peer. Its corporate unit, which includes the CIO, is also the most risky in the bank according to filings. Brian Moynihan ...
May 22, 2012 at 23:52 | Source: Financial Times
The gauge, which reached a four- month high of 39.13 on May 15, narrows when investors favor assets such as corporate bonds and widens when they seek the perceived safety of government securities. The Markit CDX North America Investment Grade ...
May 24, 2012 at 16:55 | Source: Bloomberg
The latest auction results for government securities shows that 364 treasury bill sold early this month fetched 15.14 per cent while five and ten years bonds had yield rate of 14.93 per cent and 14.99 per cent respectively. The financial analyst said "the ...
May 24, 2012 at 13:20 | Source: AllAfrica.com
The government has charged Gupta ... Last year, Rajaratnam was convicted of 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud for orchestrating a massive insider trading scheme for which he received an 11-year prison term, the longest ever for ...
May 23, 2012 at 15:16 | Source: Forbes
The gauge, which has dropped from a four-month high of 39.13 on May 15, narrows when investors favor assets such as corporate bonds and widens when they seek the perceived safety of government securities. The cost of protecting corporate debt ...
May 25, 2012 at 22:30 | Source: Bloomberg