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'Twilight pool' block trading venue to launch in 2015

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... is set to launch in the first half of 2015, exclusively for institutional investors trading in blocks of $1 million and above. Developed by BestEx, the new venue will be called Block Event. It positions itself between lit pool and dark pool venues, in ...

Investors blind to arbitrage opportunity in emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... present an arbitrage opportunity for investors. "Credit opportunities in Australia are almost non-existent. Credit spreads above Aussie treasuries are at almost record tights," he said. "Right across the emerging market credit spectrum - whether its ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... points at 5,293. Total US construction spending rose to an annual rate of $US971.0 billion ($A1.1 trillion), 1.1 per cent above the revised September figure. The increase was almost double the consensus prediction from analysts. In local economic news ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... US economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 17,827.75, up 12.81 points (0.07 per cent), about 10 points above the previous record. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 5.80 (0.28 per cent) to 2,072.83, also an all-time high. The tech-rich Nasdaq ...

Industry bodies must avoid duplicating work: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... point of differentiation is that it is the only industry body that represents all APRA-regulated funds. It therefore rises above the often heated disagreements between the industry fund and retail fund sectors. "We are the hedge. We must set public policy ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... ensure that banks offer the highest-possible rates. One-year deposit rates were effectively 3.3% before the rate cut (10% above the 3% benchmark). They are likely to remain 3.3% (20% above the new 2.75% benchmark)." That aside, the PBOC's move was indeed ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... resilient. It's currently fetching US$0.8620. While down from US$0.8960 when Adam made February's fearless forecast, it remains above the US$0.85 level Governor A Glenn Stevens reportedly likes and definitely far, far above the US$0.66 Adam predicts ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... yeah, 'twas in Washington in their communiquA(C) dated 11 April 2014 - "to lift our collective GDP by more than 2 per cent above the trajectory implied by current policies over the coming 5 years". Oh yeah (again), 'twas in Sydney in their communiquA(C) ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... its highest level since December 2010 (the time you, I and Irene were happy if we found some "green shoots" sprouting) and above the long-term average reading of 38.9% -- from an already high 52.7% the week before. Though up 4.3 percentage points from ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... Report) and 2.6% each for the following two years. Governor Mark listed three factors "why the UK can continue to grow at above-trend rates in the face of subdued world demand". "First, real take home pay growth is in prospect... Real incomes will be ...