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Investors happier with online broking: Investment Trends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... that period. "The recent strong performance of domestic equities appears to have encouraged many Australians to continue trading," Guiamatsia said.

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... last month driven by a large increase in manufacturing orders that was offset by a sharp decline in retail orders. While trading and profitability dipped by one point each - to 18 and 15, respectively - they remained at very high levels. These are all ...

BGL integrates with Xero for single database

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... report gives an unprecedented look at small business across five major pillars - cash flow, getting paid, hiring people, trading overseas and cloud adoption - based on anonymised and aggregated data analysed monthly. "Traditionally, it's been difficult ...

Wall Street interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... by 1.1% to a fresh record high of 2,488.1 points (more than making up for the 0.6% decline it recorded at the close of trading last week); the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.2% overnight (from -0.9% last week) and regained its hold above the 22,000-point ...

AZ Sestante grows fund list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... the financial markets over a rolling one-year period. The fund invests in the AZ Multi Asset Institutional Macro Dynamic Trading Fund as the underlying fund, a Luxembourg domiciled fund managed by AZ Fund Management S.A. The underlying fund generated ...

Macrovue hires from Macquarie and BT

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... brings more than 20 years' experience building software for financial institutions to the role, having led teams delivering trading platform solutions for real time trading and for mid-frequency trading strategies across Australian and Asian markets. ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... coal prices are lower by 11.1% and iron ore is 7.3%. The Australian dollar reached a high of US$0.811 during last week's trading before closing at US$0.806. And sure enough, just as a falling Australian dollar brings out forecasts of more drops to come ...

Managed Accounts Forum draws record crowd

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... presenting at the forum said: "I still remember being told by an executive thinking that [managed accounts] was an esoteric trading strategy that would bring the license down. The executive's heart was in the right place but, to this day, I regret not ...

Millennial SMSFs making impact

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... for the future, presenting a potentially lucrative business proposition for financial advisers. The latest CommSec SMSF Trading Trends Report shows millennials now represent the fastest growing segment within all active investors, with 50% of all new ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... outperforming most of its Asian peers and those of developed market equities including the S&P 500 index. The KOSPI is currently trading at 2333.82 points after a 2017 opening of 2026.16 points and hitting a record high 2451.33 points on 24 July this ...