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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... Australian dollar had suffered overnight, as poor US economic data compounded European fears over sovereign debt and bank liquidity. European bank stocks took a battering on fears over the global economic recovery and renewed concerns about Greece's ...

Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... trade in August had been about $2.2 billion compared with an average daily volume of $1.73 billion in July. He said the liquidity pool had increased by 30% this month, while the average block trade size increased 10%. Liquidnet Australia's daily trading ...

Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... quite limited and the recovery will need to rely on the underlying fundamentals of the US economy rather than extra liquidity." Economist Saul Eslake, program director at the Grattan Institute said neither governments nor central banks now had the means ...

LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... it's a much more even playing field for us." A rule change that allows LICs to pay dividends as long as the have the liquidity, and not just from profits has also made a difference, Robinson said. GMI trades about 75 metals and mining stocks on 10 different ...

Secondary market for private equity heats with billion dollar deal

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... Chamberlain said his firm was continuing to see a positive change in investment sentiment. The secondaries market had improved liquidity options for investors, enabling institutions to clean their portfolios, he said. "We see this as a healthy contribution ...

New bond fund targets corporate sector

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... "Term deposits is a stand out opportunity as long as it's a small part of a portfolio because of diversification and liquidity," he added. The minimum initial investment for the retail targeted fund is $5000. "Growth in funds under management will not ...

Instos go direct as hedge funds industry moves

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... sweep the industry. Around 65% of global hedge fund AUM lies in the US where investors are demanding more transparency, liquidity and efficiency. Australian investors are looking for the same things and as appetite for hedge funds slowly re-emerges ...

Consultant warns super funds on alternative rush

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... worries me is this groundswell of attractiveness to them and they're just going to be made very expensive and you get poor liquidity, ordinary diversification in many cases and pretty ordinary returns compared to BHP," said Condon. The former MLC chief ...

Govt $41m finance centre launches new projects

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... major markets around the world, including the ASX, with his early research suggesting HFTs have a positive impact on liquidity. "Research on the effects of HFT is scarce, because of the scarcity of good data available for research on their (HFTs) trading ...

BetaShares targets active ETF traders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... sector performance rather than that of individual stocks. "BetaShares sector ETFs have benefited from high levels of liquidity including tight buy-sell spreads and sufficient levels of liquidity," said Corbett. Many of the leading ETF providers, including ...