Already one of the largest bond markets in Asia, Malaysia is working to expand its bond activity horizontally and vertically, extending the scope of existing products while planning to offer new products to attract more funds. As part of these efforts the Malaysian stock exchange is looking to encourage wider bond activity, having announced plans to launch a secondary trading platform for bonds, including Islamic paper.
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First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Fraud Called ‘Disturbing?’
Trader Mark submits: Ahem… consider me “shocked” at this Reuters story. Who could ever foresee fraud, especially at the FHA which now has overtaken the entire U.S
No sign of market cooling – yet – Business Spectator (registration)
by on October 16, 2009in Banks, Google News, News, mortgage news Business Spectator (registration) No sign of market cooling – yet Business Spectator (registration) But there is no doubt that as mortgage rates rise – with the Governor effectively giving the major banks a free-pass to profiteer in his speech yesterday … Here is the original post:No sign of market cooling – yet – Business Spectator (registration)Tagged as: business-spectator, giving-the-major, Google News,
Break-out or Fake-out?
Are we looking at a break-out or a fake-out today? Obviously earnings from the most important tech stock, Intel ( INTC ), and the most important “too big to fail” bank, JP Morgan ( JPM ), should be the catalyst for Dow 10,000 and break-outs for Comex copper and Nymex crude oil
Mortgage broker now facing $6.1 million fraud charges
A mortgage broker already accused of fraud involving up to $5 million has been charged with new offences involving a further $1.1 million.In Sydney’s Central Local Court on Tuesday, Samer Hraiki, 33, faced five new charges of obtaining money by deception.In July, his lawyer told the court Hraiki had encountered financial difficulties while developing a property in Kings Cross that would have realised tens of millions of dollars in profit.At the time, Magistrate Allan Moore commented that at one
Lenders need greater transparancy to detect debt problems
One in six Australians is already having problems repaying their debt even without the added burden of rising interest rates, a new survey has found.The research, released by business information service Veda Advantage on Tuesday, also found that more than 20 per cent of people applying for credit during the next six months say they are having difficulty paying debts.Nearly a quarter of those struggling to pay bills owe more than they did a year ago.While the majority of families was managing cr
Can Governments and Central Banks Prevent More Credit Writedowns?
“TK 421, why aren’t you at your post?” “What?” we replied to one of our analysts this morning. “He’s the only Storm Trooper named in the Star Wars movie. I bought a card board cut out of him pointing his laser rifle at you
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Australia sets A$8 bln in mortgage-backed securities
SYDNEY, Oct 11 – Australia’s government is set to double its investment in mortgage-backed securities by making A$8 billion in new funds available to support the market, Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Sunday.
Really Bad Journalism About Europe
When I was a little kid I liked the picture puzzles that asked you to find all the mistakes—the dog with three ears, the plant growing upside-down, the mirror image that wasn’t a mirror image. Maybe that’s why I took a perverse pleasure in reading this thoroughly awful bit of “reporting” about Europe’s economic prospects . Of course, the problem in cases like this is never simply incompetence (although that has to be a factor), but also ideological zeal, which causes “serious” commentators to