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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... we've had a couple of good, strong days and people are happy to take some money off the table," he said. "Coming from our offshore office out of Chicago, they see with the US election... just (achieving) an outcome is going to buoy the stock market to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... dollar - which was close to parity with the US dollar about three months ago and hit a five and a half year low in weekend offshore trading - remained weaker at 62.33 US cents, from 63.91 on Friday. At 1205 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had shed ...

ARCH buys FPG stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
US asset manager ARCH Financial Products has bought a 48 per cent stake in one of the world's largest offshore independent financial adviser firms, Financial Partners Group. ARCH bought the stake in FP Group, which has more than $1.3 billion under advice ...

Hedge funds hit by shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... created problems in the industry, but has also damaged Australia's reputation as a safe and sophisticated market for offshore investors," said AIMA Australia chair Kim Ivey. He added that the absence of short selling also impact the cost of any takeover ...

ESG buck stops with super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... capabilities but the driver needed to come from higher up the supply chain. "We tap into the resources in UBS which are offshore through our wealth management and investment bank, there's not the scale in Australia at this stage to bring many of those ...

ASIC tightens short-selling rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
The Australian Securities Exchange Commission (ASIC) moves to block offshore market speculators and traders from targeting the local stockmarket when it imposed temporary restrictions on short-selling of all listed Australian equities effective today. ...

ASIC freezes $1m investor funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... illegal investment scheme after gaining an interim order from the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The court order freezes offshore securities trading accounts in the Secured Bond Master Fund scheme, which is made up of funds from over 40 Australian ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

... biggest amount of funds Australian managers allocate overseas. But back to the point, the diversification benefits of offshore investing is lost when the Australian equity market's performance, more often than not, runs parallel to that of Wall Street. ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... market in Australia at around $90 billion, a relatively small amount when compared to the multi-trillion dollar industry offshore. And the winners this year are: Australian Hedge Fund of the Year Winner Fortitude Capital Absolute Return Finalist Kaiser ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... contribution from exports had been eroded by greater growth in Australia's imports from abroad. The continued deterioration in offshore markets would have a negative impact on Australia's external sector going forward, through both lesser export demand ...