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ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... just 1% of the global market. Petering said there was "a lot of misrepresentation" about ETFs in the media, noting ETF trading during periods of market stress did not equate to forced redemptions of underlying stocks and bonds. Petering used the performance ...

Linear pushes MGP into the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... discontinued software. Chair Don Sharp said the software costs are tax deductible, and together with brought-forward Linear trading losses of $9 million, these will shelter income tax liability for the group. Despite the loss, Sharp said the acquisition ...

Custodians oversee heightened domestic equity trades

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... period, or about 80,000 transactions per settlement day. It illustrates the support the custody industry provides to the trading activities of institutional investors, ACSA said. The mix of total assets in international markets has increased from about ...

WAM Capital announces LIC takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... course and will make a formal recommendation to its shareholders following such consideration. WDE shares rose by 9%, trading about $0.95 cents at publication time.

Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
The S&P 500 index closed at 2896.74 points at the end of last night's trading activity on Wall Street. Yes, Virginia, it's a new record high! Yippee-kay-yay and hallelujah! This is good for stock markets around the world, including Australia. ...

Global asset manager launches smart beta indices

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... equity indices aim to outperform the market-cap weighted index by 2-4% over the medium to long-term, gross of fee and trading costs. Aberdeen Standard Investments global head of quantitative investments Sean Phayre said: "The new equity indices are purely ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... 0.5%. Similarly, the yield on Australian 10-year bonds declined to 2.52% (from 2.55% at the end of the previous week's trading) before closing at 2.54% on Morrison's win. Whether this change in leader (again) brings about the significantly needed forward ...

IRESS first half revenues up 8pct, wealth and lending lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... segment's buy-side revenue remained resilient, through demands for its portfolio solution. "The deployment of our online trading solution in Singapore is providing further opportunities in Asia. IRESS' IP and capability in trading and market data continues ...

YBR rejects 'opportunistic' takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... of $0.063 per share. YBR listed on 1 January 2008 and traded at 10 cents at publication time. Mercantile Investment was trading at 17 cents.

New $500m boutique manager partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... and Toby Masters. Masters was a Credit Suisse director of equity derivatives. He has extensive experience in proprietary trading and short-term momentum investing. Most recently, he was a partner at hedge fund Pittwater Capital. Stewart was a Challenger ...