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FIIG to manage new mid-cap corporate bond issue

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... bonds," he said. Paton said that all of the issues arranged by FIIG were in strong demand in the secondary market and were trading at a premium to their issue price. Paton said that demand for the bonds had come from a range of sources including private ...

Bears out a-haunting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... greatest fear of 'em all was when the VIX index skyrocketed to a reading of 80.86 in 11 November 2008. In just five days of trading, the S&P 500 lost 17.4% that time...and continued to do so before bottoming in March of the following year. Now that was ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... (Republican) House Speaker John Boehner (Republican) that he would not allow the US to default on its debt on the last day of trading last week. Soothing words especially coming after US President Obama's reminder that, "There's a precedent for a government ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... after falls on global markets overnight, and the market's main indices could drop below 5200 points by the end of the trading session, IG market strategist Stan Shamu said. Investors are concerned about the lack of progress in the US, where the federal ...

ATO unsure if dividend washing illegal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is warning people to be cautious when using share trading transactions known as dividend washing but is unsure if they are illegal. Dividend washing occurs when a taxpayer sells shares in a company on the ordinary ...

Sonray director to face 10 years imprisonment over unfunded deposits

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... of 54 people and had around 3,500 clients on its books. Johnson's charges relate to the use of various Sonray clients' trading accounts to create numerous unfunded deposits for which no physical cash was involved. This was done to either obtain funds ...

Gone fishin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
The Australian share market is trading slightly higher as investors put aside concerns about the partial shutdown of the United States government. Investors believe US politicians will quickly resolve their disagreement over a new debt ceiling that ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... Sam too. But one won't be able to tell if one looks at the US stock and bond markets' performance on the first day of trading after America's politicos blah blahed the government out of commission. The S&P 500 index closed 0.80% points higher on the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... approvals figures, both for August. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday fell in choppy trading, after the United States government partially closed down because Congress failed to agree upon a new budget. The benchmark ...