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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... got a boost Thursday despite poor domestic economic data after major central banks joined hands to ensure US dollar liquidity to Europe's embattled banks. In positive territory for the fourth day in a row, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 186.45 ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... majority independent directors, stringent audits, handling of key-man risk, and more transparent asset valuation practices. Liquidity and redemption policies were sore points also raised by the committee. For example, IAC member Craig Turnbull, chief ...

ASIC opens dialogue with hedge funds

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... industry "to better understand industry dynamics, fund structures, the role of service providers, valuation practices, liquidity and conflicts management, etc. "We also hope to gather intelligence on badly run funds, suspicious trading and ineffectual ...

Insurance industry prepared for black swan flock

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... diversify their portfolio outside of Australia." Cross also observed that companies were increasingly looking to free liquidity and manage the total cost of risk. "There is a deeper understanding that insuring or dealing with supply chains is something ...

iShares appoints new director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... and partners with participating dealers to provide investor support in areas such as price improvement and to access liquidity. The iShares Australian Capital Markets team is part of the Asia Pacific Capital Markets Group. "We are delighted that Jonathan ...

Smaller lenders to take brunt of Basel III reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... to assess the cumulative impact of the increased capital requirements together with other Basel III proposals such as liquidity reforms. "Smaller authorised deposit-taking institutions, such as credit unions and building societies, are likely to feel ...

Omega bond launch timed for asset allocation shift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... that's governments with low debt to GDP ratios or corporates that have low leverage, high return on equity and lots of liquidity. "The Australian bond market is not that well diversified, so we want to be more diversified than the benchmark and a great ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... $HK89.06 billion ($A10.72 billion). Shanghai closed down by 0.38 per cent, erasing early gains as concerns over tighter liquidity conditions following the central bank's latest move to increase bank reserves weighed on sentiment, dealers said. The Shanghai ...

Liquidity strength in CTAs

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
Global hedge fund of fund investment firm, Financial Risk Management, finds liquidity and diversity in CTAs with volatility support in current alternative markets. Financial Risk Management (FRM) has introduced weekly liquidity for its FRM Sigma Fund ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... firmly into the red. Risk sentiment unravelled overnight as fears about global growth, European sovereign debt and bank liquidity added to poor US manufacturing data. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.37 US cents, down ...