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Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... markets - that have already factored in the inevitable - to delay the inevitable? The yield on US 10-year Treasuries are now trading at 2.72%, 110 basis points more than the 1.62% low it was at last 2 May.A And this has already created havoc in emerging ...

Prepare for take-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... war had been punctuated by a hefty does of anxiety on Wall Street.A The S&P 500 index dropped by 5.6% in the first six trading days of January 1991 as the US strike on Iraq became more certain. In retrospect, that proved to be a wondrous buying opportunity ...

Xpress Super adds direct property to SMSF platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... comes as part of the complete SMSF service for $799 a year. It includes access to cash with Commonwealth Bank, online trading with Commsec, compliance, term deposits with Australian Money Market, separately managed accounts with Macquarie's Personal ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... delay in raising the debt ceiling sparked a 16.4% sell-off in the S&P 500 index between 4 July and 8 August (the first trading day after Standard & Poor's downgrade of US debt).A To be fair this was compounded by the 'worries du jour' - the European ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... and the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.22 (0.01 per cent) to 3,657.57. The markets ended firmly in the red after trading solidly higher for most of the day, but volumes were very low. The sell-off came immediately after Kerry said the US was still ...

ASIC orders additional AFSL conditions on Sydney firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... period and implement any recommendations made by the independent expert. Roco is a Sydney-based financial services business trading as Roco Forex which provides services in foreign exchange and derivatives. Roco's main business is dealing and making ...

Gunns chairman avoids jail for insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... $50,000 and banned from managing a corporation for five years. Gay is the most senior executive to be convicted of insider trading in Australia and pleaded guilty to the crime earlier this month. He was convicted on the basis that he ought to have known ...

The madness of crowds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013

Liquidnet appoints sales manager for Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Trading network Liquidnet has appointed a sales and relationship manager in Australia to manage the growing demand for the company's pool of liquidity to source and execute block trades As Liquidnet sales and relationship manager, Tristan Baldwin will ...

Australia outstrips US and UK in online trading

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Australia's adoption of online share trading platforms is outstripping the US and UK, according to a recent Investment Trends report. More than 530,000 Australians placed at least one share trade in the 12 months to June 2013, equating to 3.2% of the ...