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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... suffering sharp drops in commodity prices, especially metals, partly fuelled by the sudden rise in the dollar. Morning trading in Europe was largely positive before reversing into the red after disappointing durable goods data from the US. HONG KONG ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... of positive leads from overseas markets. IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said the local bourse began Thursday's trading session well, with the major banks and big miners leading the way. "We've taken some solace that overseas investors are thinking ...

Ratings downgrade to trigger hybrid sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... "The recent CBA Perls issue was done at 2.8% over bank bill swap rate (being about 5.4%pa). Bank hybrids in Europe are trading at around double this level, but even if at the lowest end of the European range, the CBA deal should have been around 400bps ...

ASIC bans person who made false Facebook investment claims

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... funds for the deal involving Facebook because it "never existed." According to ASIC Sappideen created false emails and trading statements that claimed to be from Chicago-based futures merchant, Advantage Futures LLC. One of the false statements showed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... more than six years. The housing report "certainly helped this morning", said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities. LONDON - European equities have rebounded a day after tumbling on a sharp slowdown of business activity ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... Billiton fell 36 cents to $34.59. In other news, troubled rare earths miner Lynas Corporation has placed its shares in a trading halt as it prepares to reveal details of a new funding deal.

UBS launches microcap fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... Ordinaries Accumulation Index 4.93% since its inception 18 months ago. The performance was mainly driven by stocks that were trading at substantially lower levels 18 months ago (mostly lower than $250 million), and that are now part of the S&P Small ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... expectations to be exact. These numbers were enough to send the S&P/ASX 200 index up 1.0% at the close of yesterday's trading - after slumping below its 2014 opening levels in early trade. These numbers relate to HSBC's flash China manufacturing PMI ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... investors rebound from the sell-off on Monday and a poor start on Tuesday. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said trading at noon on Tuesday looked healthier than it did at the start of the session. "It's the rubber ball effect," he said. ...

ASX mFund yet to attract major brokers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... give fund managers access to the non-advised SMSF market, he said he was surprised by this. "Dealer groups are already trading in managed funds, and I would have thought that they were happy with how their currently transacting through the platforms. ...