Rate fears 'exaggerated': Fed's Evans
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank boss Charles Evans reluctantly accepts a December rate hike would be "reasonable" but suggests there is no danger of inflation running out of control.
Low rates are banks' real problem
The financial world is operating in a fashion Pierpont no longer understands. A royal commission won't help that.
Singapore's Airtrunk buys Melbourne data centre site
Singaporean start-up AirTrunk has paid about $15 million to acquire a data centre site in Derrimut, Melbourn
Bond traders more sure of December rate hike this year than last
If history is any guide, the bond market is ready for the Federal Reserve to pull the trigger on interest rates in December.
Ex-SocGen rogue trader Kerviel's fine is slashed to €1m
Jerome Kerviel, the rogue trader who nearly brought down Societe Generale, has had his fine slashed on appeal by 99.98 per cent to €1 million.
Central bankers continue to sweet-talk markets
Central bankers did not wheel out any major new monetary artillery.
Why the RBA might be right on house prices
A widely watched index appears to have exaggerated the vigour of strong markets like Sydney and Melbourne
Junk-bond buyers persist in yield hunt
Credit market jitters have done little to deter yield-hungry investors from buying new junk bonds to get their fix.
Yield stocks crumble under Fed speculation
Fund managers question whether "extreme" premiums paid for safe yield stocks is finally cracking.
ASX sell-off heralds a volatile September
The realisation that the US Federal Reserve "means business" has set up a volatile September.
- 1. Markets Live: Resources help lift ASX
- 2. Fiscal reform talk buoys equities but spooks bond markets
- 3. Sterling plunge throws up winners and losers as investors warily eye Brexit
- 4. Australian firms holding back on guidance ahead of Wall Street earnings
- 5. Australian government launches historic 30-year bond
