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Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... surely - nibbling away at the ceiling. No one was surprised that the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept interest rates where they were since December 2008 - at the 0 - 0.25 per cent range. Financial markets were more focused on what the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... has received positive leads from overseas, with securities spiking higher on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and signalled they would stay down for some time yet. Commodities were higher, too. At 0717 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... points on volume of 53,622 contracts. CMC Markets' senior dealer Matt Lewis said investors had lacked conviction and interest over the past two weeks, and that the local market had hit a flat spot following corporate reporting season in February. "That ...

FUM breaks through $1.4 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... biggest manager overall, the biggest institutional manager, the biggest user of sub-advisory, the biggest Australian fixed interest manager and the third biggest cash manager. But in a major surprise, they are the biggest user of hedge funds in Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Tuesday, analysts said. The FOMC is widely expected to hold the benchmark interest rate at near-zero, but the market will pore over the policymakers' statement for clues on the direction of monetary ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... in the past two years. "The issues of climate change and emissions trading were the catalyst for encouraging investor interest in various matters that get included as ESG research," said Elaine Prior, senior analyst at Citi Investment Research. The Opposition's ...

Brand the top concern for finance industry

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... from the GFC was the drop in importance of capital availability and structure. The strong Australian dollar and rising interest rates - the results of a recovering economy - has led to market risk/treasury risk rising six positions this year. Paul Venning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... profitability." Meanwhile, China says its inflation rate rose in February. A steep rise in prices could force China to raise interest rates. And in turn, hamper economic growth. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 44.51 points, by 0.42 per cent ...

Praemium targets new SMA service

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... he said. The firm is also looking to improve the automation between banks and V-Wrap, and work with Praemium's fixed interest partners to transact FI investments. Naoumidis also pointed out yesterday the increasing traction of SMA products that offer ...

Omega hires insto sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... Prior to joining Vanguard, Hall worked at ANZ Investment Bank and Deutsche Bank AG across marketing and distribution of interest rate securities to institutions. George Vassos, managing director at Omega, said Hall forms part of the fund manager's vital ...