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Liptak joins Zenith

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... of research. He also co-founded the LCA Group, a trade publication for hedge funds with global reach (subsequently sold to ICAP Plc - a FTSE 100 listed company). He has also worked as head of research for ASSIRT, which is now S&P Research, as an associate ...

Russell rejigs international funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... ClariVest replaces Jacobs Levy and Altrinsic, managing 15 per cent of the Russell international shares fund together with ICAP, MFS, Bernstein, Alliance, Turner and the group's global opportunities fund. Phil Hoffman, portfolio manager at Russell, said ...

E-Trading goes platinum

After building its reputation on e-trading gold and silver, UK derivatives giant ICAP has launched an e-trading platform in platinum and palladium. The move comes on the back of growing market interest in electronic trading for other metals. The ICAP-owned ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... Index was down 7.16 points at 2,308.27. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index ended flat, boosted by Vedanta but weighed down by ICAP and banks. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,073.5 points, up 0.8. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,119.45 points, up 1.74. PARIS ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
... rose, as it recovered from a sell-off over the previous two sessions, with clothing retailer Next snatching the lead from ICAP on sudden late afternoon takeover speculation. The FTSE 100 index rose 21.2 points to 5,879.3, in line with European markets. ...

ICAP economists say interest rate hike is unwarranted

ICAP economists have said that the current strength of GDP growth does not fully warrant an interest rate hike by the RBA, saying that the GDP has grown well below trend by just 2.6 per cent over the past year. They said the non-farm inventories (contributing ...

Greater fiscal discipline needed: OECD

... the coming year, with expenditures slated to increase during the election year. "The OECD data is uncontroversial," said Icap Senior Economist Michael Thomas. "The economic data of the OECD is usually sourced from the RBA anyway and does not present ...

RBA decision takes economists by surprise

... the RBA is essentially embarked on a policy of containing expansionary policy and tightening monetary policy as a whole. ICAP chief economist Dr Ric Simes confirmed the RBA announcement as being a surprise. "I think the RBA got tired of waiting for the ...

RBA likely to keep interest rates on hold till early 2004: ICAP

Michael Thomas, senior economist at ICAP, has said that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will keep interest rates on a holding pattern till early 2004 and are unlikely to be concerned by inflationary pressures, saying that they are well within control. ...

ABS announces a 0.6% increase in the September quarter's CPI

... also the fact that modern computers and DVDs constantly have prices that spiral lower." Michael Thomas, senior economist at ICAP, has said that the CPI figures in general were as expected with ICAP's market expectations having been spot on at 0.6% as ...