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BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
BetaShares has announced an Australian first with the launch of the first oil exchange traded fund on the country's stock exchange. The exchange traded fund (ETF), which will trade under ASX code "OOO", aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI ...

Former Sonray chief gets jail time following ASIC charges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... all charges against him. These include six charges of false accounting involving fictitious deposits worth $36,439,588 and USD $9,779,395.25 and false withdrawals totaling $7,800,923, two charges of theft totalling $2,256,500, one charge of obtaining ...

Gold, gold, gold, but not to Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Australian investors, including super funds, misinterpreting gold as a returns generator rather than as a defensive strategy is costing them major opportunities in the sector. Taurus Funds Management is a specialist in the gold sector and their director ...

BetaShares introduces gold ETF

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
ETF provider BetaShares Capital has launched a hedged gold bullion product on the ASX, which aims to protect investors from fluctuations on the Australian and US dollar exchange rate. "In the last 2 years to April 2011, the S&P/ASX 200 delivered an ...

Cashed-up China eyes US investments

Since the GFC, the investment traffic flow has been all one way from Europe and the US into Asia, but signs are emerging that US investment opportunities are attracting Asian interest. Stirring the most interest appears to be US infrastructure, said ...

China, Russia dump USD for bilateral trade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
China and Russia will cease using the US dollar as the basis of their intercountry trade in reaction to the greenback's instability and sliding relevance. "About trade settlement, we have decided to use our own currencies," Russian president Vladimir ...

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
One of the world's largest fixed-income managers, Western Asset Management, has launched a new absolute return credit fund aimed at exploiting credit opportunities amid volatile markets. Speaking at the Legg Mason Investment Symposium in Sydney yesterday ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Just a day after this space commented on the risky proposition of holding US dollars, Bloomberg reports overnight that world central banks are diversifying out of the greenback. Data compiled by Bloomberg revealed that central banks have backed up their ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Falling US dollar equals increasing risk appetite? Hmmm...seems strange. The greenback fell to 14-month lows against major currencies last week before Big Ben Bernanke wagged his finger -- warning that, "The time will come when we have to tighten...We ...

Investors eager for more bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
There have been 13 new convertible bond issuances in the Asia Pacific since last September and as the financial markets recover, investors remain eager for more, according to dealReporter. Comparatively, before the credit crunch, there were 30 new issues ...