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RBA Glossary definition for financial markets
financial markets – A generic term for the markets in which financial instruments are traded. Financial instruments have no intrinsic value of themselves. They represent a claim over real assets or a future income stream. The four main financial markets are the foreign exchange market, the fixed interest or bond market, the share or equity market and the derivatives market.
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Asia, Australia and Financial Markets
12 Oct 2007
Bulletin
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Address by Mr Glenn Stevens, Governor, to the Asia Society AustralAsia Centre CEO Asia Update Luncheon, Sydney, 18 September 2007
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2007/oct/pdf/bu-1007-1.pdf
Demutualisation in Australia
10 Jan 1999
Bulletin
– January 1999
holdings. These holdings are often acquired by institutions seeking to duplicate standard market investment indices. ... See ‘Privatisation in Australia’, Reserve Bank of Australia. Bulletin. , December 1997 for a discussion of the financial market
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/jan/1.html
Privatisation in Australia
10 Dec 1997
Bulletin
– December 1997
Financial markets in Australia have coped well with the large program of privatisation in the 1990s. ... Clearly, there are second round effects on financial markets from funding the purchase of privatised assets.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1997/dec/2.html
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 1999
Bulletin
– November 1999
Periodic financial market disturbances continue to disrupt a number of Latin American financial markets, where recovery in growth is much more patchy than in Asia. ... Interest rates on specific loan products have been fairly stable over the past year,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/nov/1.html
Extracting Information from Financial Market Instruments
20 Apr 2012
Bulletin
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Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin March Quarter 2012
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/mar/pdf/bu-0312-6.pdf
The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Bond Market
10 Jun 2010
Bulletin
– June 2010
There was a clear turning point for the bond market in mid 2007 when the early stages of financial turmoil emerged in money markets. ... The resilience of the Australian bond market throughout the financial crisis is also evident in the limited default
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2010/jun/8.html
Market Making in Bond Markets
19 Mar 2015
Bulletin
– March 2015
In November 2014, the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) published a report on developments in market making and proprietary trading in fixed income and related derivative markets (CGFS 2014). The aim of the report was to facilitate a
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/mar/7.html
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
17 Mar 2014
Bulletin
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Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin November 1998
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/nov/pdf/bu-1198-1.pdf
Bulletin
18 Apr 2024
Bulletin
Insights into the economy and financial system from teams throughout the Reserve Bank of Australia
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/
Recent Developments in the Australian Hedge Fund Industry
10 Nov 2006
Bulletin
– November 2006
Whereas single-manager funds invest directly in financial markets, fund of funds invest in pools of single-manager funds. ... Graph 4. Because of their active trading strategies, hedge funds have greatly boosted turnover in financial markets.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2006/nov/1.html