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Global wealth boosts IT spend

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Much of the USD$35 billion analyst firm Ovum expects global wealth management to spend on IT by 2016 will be in digital channels. According to forecasts from the global analysts, between 2011 and 2016 the Asia-Pacific region will increase its IT spend ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight on growing concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and lacklustre corporate earnings in the US. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures ...

CFD turnover rises amid dollar decline

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... May," wrote Ric Spooner, chief market analyst, in his report. The positioning showed CMC's largest net long position in EUR:USD for the financial year to date with both the Australia 200 book and the net client book on the big four banks swinging from ...

Axioma reveals downward risk trends

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... said. According to the report, risk forecasts for the FTSE Eurobloc fell the most from the end of the fourth quarter, in both USD and EUR terms, with Eurobloc-related benchmarks continuing to have the highest risk forecasts. "The only benchmark to see ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... exposures in the returns of the ASX are virtually non-existent, the research found. "What you do find is a great deal of AUD/USD exposure, or Aussie dollar versus almost any foreign currency," said Dori Levanoni, First Quadrant's co-director of global ...

Currencies dominate CFDs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... according to one provider, with a third of traders focused on the Aussie dollar. Research from Capital CFDs has shown AUD/USD remains the most popular contract for difference (CFD) followed by EUR/USD and gold. The research found both experienced and ...

Betashares launches three new ETFs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... an asset class traditionally difficult to access. The ETFs are currency hedged to substantially remove the impact of AUD/ USD currency fluctuations," said Drew Corbett, head of investment strategy, BetaShares said. The new ETFs follow the arrival of ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... internationally traded crude oils. The ETF is also currency hedged, which is aimed at separating it from a fluctuating AUD/USD exchange rate. BetaShares, head of investment strategy, Drew Corbett, said the oil ETF gives Australian investors more choice ...

Credit Suisse: Aus second highest average wealth in the world

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... the world at US $220,000. A large part of the average wealth gain can be attributed to a 20 % jump in the AUD against the USD, as well as income gains on the back of solid resource-driven economic strength, the report said. Australia also fares positively ...

Former Sonray chief gets jail time following ASIC charges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... all charges against him. These include six charges of false accounting involving fictitious deposits worth $36,439,588 and USD $9,779,395.25 and false withdrawals totaling $7,800,923, two charges of theft totalling $2,256,500, one charge of obtaining ...