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ASIC dismisses Royal Commission insider trading reports

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
ASIC has told parliament there was no insider trading around the release of the Royal Commission's final report. This comes after the Labor party suggested insider trading was responsible for bank stocks rising immediately on the back of Kenneth Hayne's ...

Industry Super Holdings slammed for weapons investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... commissioned by SumOfUs found the majority (64%) of Australians want to follow the lead of Germany and Finland and suspend arms trading with Saudi Arabia. Many (63%) said they were uncomfortable with their super fund's investment in such companies ...

Chief economist update: Woe to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... wrong." It did go wrong. The VIX and MOVE indices jumped by 20.9% and 17.4%, respectively, at the close of last week's trading activity - up 28% and 22.9% from their respective 2019 lows. What gives? What gave that the yield on 10-year US Treasuries ...

Listed infrastructure to hit double digits: CBRE

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... sectors over last two years and compared it to listed infrastructure multiples. It found private equity infrastructure was trading at about 15.3 multiple while the listed market came in at just under 11x. "So you as a listed infrastructure investor get ...

Chief economist update: Fed on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... previous day's close, the S&P 500 index reversed direction and climbed 0.3% higher after the Fed's announcement hit trading desks around the world. Yippee-kay-yay! And then the S&P 500 index reversed its reversal, falling by 0.3% at the close ...

IFM Investors acquires super fund-owned port

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... twenty-foot equivalent units (the capacity of container ships). The terminal is located at the crossroads of the Baltic deep-sea trading routes, serving as a major gateway into Poland and Central-Eastern European markets. The transaction marks another ...

Major US exchange to stop listing bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... cryptocurrency derivatives. In a March update, Cboe said: "CFE is not adding a Cboe Bitcoin (USD) ("XBT") futures contract for trading in March 2019." "CFE is assessing its approach with respect to how it plans to continue to offer digital asset derivatives ...

Digital engagement boosts investing demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... their investment decision-making." The choppy market conditions in the December 2018 quarter did not deter investors from trading as many saw the equities sell-off as a buying opportunity, he added.

Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... then expectation that iron ore would drop back towards $US50 a tonne later this year, and towards $US40 in 2020." Latest trading stats indicate that iron ore prices are heading down - while up 19.0% this year to date, prices are 8.4% lower than their ...

Pinnacle boutique opens LIT offer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... (REDF) and MCP credit trust (CT) The LIT's offer opens tomorrow and runs until April 12 for priority and general offer. Trading is expected to commence on April 29 with the managers targeting the week following June 30 to pay out the first distributions. ...