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Emulation funds slash performance as well as cost

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has found little evidence that 'emulation funds', designed to cut trading costs in multi-manager portfolios, outperform the funds they track before fees and taxes. Emulation funds are designed to eliminate ...

ETF market has first fall in 20 months

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... potential to outperform across a variety of market conditions," Vynokur continued. One new exchange traded product began trading during January bringing the total number to 90. The product enters a crowded Australian equity high yield segment which received ...

GreySpark consultancy opens in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... in Australia and across the Asia Pacific region with consulting services in areas such as risk management, electronic trading and market structure. The Sydney office will also act as GreySpark's Asia Pacific advisory hub for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives ...

Vanguard reshuffles Investment team senior executives

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... different investment and leadership roles in the US during his 14-year career with Vanguard and currently leads the ETF trading and index analysis teams, which are part of Vanguard's Equity Investment Group that manages 79 portfolios and $1.3 trillion ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... per cent on a 28 per cent rise in same-store sales. But Blicksilver said the gains in the broader market were mainly a trading bounce after Monday's retreat. LONDON - European stock markets closed mixed, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ending ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... 1,782.59, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index lost 19.25 (0.47 per cent) at 4,103.88. Anthony Conroy, head of global trading at Bank of New York Convergex Group, said Friday's losses were prompted by a confluence of factors, including some weak ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... economy China were sparked on Thursday, as data pointed to a slowdown in factory activity in Australia's most important trading partner for the first time in six months. In the retail industry, David Jones shares shot up by 12 cents to $3.00 after it ...

Europe a 'running sore' on global economy: Probyn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... longer the locomotive of growth in the eurozone. Rather, when Germany does well, it is doing so at the expense of its major trading partners. It's hollowing industry in the other countries." He said this is a fundamental problem, adding: "It's difficult ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... and a further, albeit smaller, selloff on Monday night. All sectors of the local market showed weakness at the start of trading on Tuesday, Morgans senior private client adviser Bill Chatterton said. "It's going to be across the board, you don't have ...

Saxo launches social trading platform

HARRY PAGE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Saxo Capital Markets (Australia), a subsidiary of Saxo Bank, is offering a new online trading platform for serious investors called TradingFloor.com. The new platform allows traders to create a social experience by sharing their trades with peers. Investors ...