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The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... dropping to a near three-year low of 680.88 points last week, the Athex Composite Index has soared by 16.8% by the close of trading overnight. Similarly, the yield on 10-year Greek bonds dropped from a 2-month high of 12.76% to 10.36% last night. That ...

Frydenberg outlines tax changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No.1) Bill 2015 streamlines the Offshore Banking Unit (OBU) regime to include commodities trading, leasing and securities lending and repurchasing agreements, while excluding trading equity in foreign subsidiaries of Australian ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... rally that withstood signs that a Greek debt default could be moving closer. In Australia, the market on Thursday, extra trading volumes sparked heavy falls among the ASX's biggest stocks despite there being no specific economic reasons for it, with ...

Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Although the Asia-Pacific region represents about two-thirds of Australia's global trading relationships, the region accounts for less than one-third of Australia's financial relationships. This is one of the findings in a Finsia-sponsored report by ...

K2 to list managed fund on the ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... avoid the complexities associated with unlisted funds. The hedge fund manager is expecting that units in the fund will be trading on the ASX from mid-July 2015. Units in the fund will be issued at $2.5 per unit, with no minimum initial investment.

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... (minus 1.6%) big falls. It created "buying opportunities". Duh! Here's Reuters take: "European shares recovered in late trading and ended higher on Tuesday after hitting a four-month low, with analysts saying the Greece-led sell-off and a weaker euro ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 25.58 points (0.51 per cent) to 5,055.55. Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities, said US stocks remain in a "very tight" trading range. Day-to-day movements are due to trader ...

Cbus adds property, infrastructure investment options

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... Managed members will be able to buy and sell units in the property and infrastructure options four times a year during a trading window at the end of the quarter. The first trading window will open on 22 June and will close on 29 July. "Real assets resonate ...

Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... institutions' deal was close to being hammered sent the Athens SE General index soaring up by 8.2% at the close of their trading day... and the yield on 10-year Greek bonds dropping from 11.62% to 11.23% And then the bomb... after trading closed. No ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... flat trade. "You're seeing buyers step in and take advantage of a market that has been under pressure during the last trading days," said David Levy, portfolio manager at Kenjol Capital Management. "It's a relief rally on oversold conditions." Large ...