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APX to be integrated into IRESS platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... NASDAQ x-stream trading system, which will provide APX with a platform to offer multiple asset classes in multiple currencies and indices.

BetaShares names chief operating officer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... launch of three new ETFs last year. BetaShares has a total of 17 ETFs, covering a local and international equities, currencies, commodities and cash.

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... recent times, as in... just this year. There were plenty. The emerging market rout and the slide in emerging market currencies on the back ofA anxiety over indications of a slowing Chinese economy, doubts over Japan's recovery, concerns over deflation ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... (apologies for mixing my movie themes). Wall Street's down, Europe's down and to quote Bloomberg, "emerging markets currencies tumble to decade-low..." To be sure, at a reading of 14.21, the "fear gauge" - the VIX index - is not even half the 31.06 max ...

Don't rule out another rate cut: AllianceBernstein

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... stand out as being high-interest-rate countries. This makes them attractive to investors and leads to demand for their currencies. Other things being equal, that's likely to impede the adjustment process for the Australian dollar," Bruten said. "We think ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... markets brushed off news of sliding retail sales across the eurozone to join a rally by the greenback against major rival currencies after Republicans took control of the US Senate from Democrats overnight, which many investors hope might result in more ...

Macquarie announces $678m profit, appoints director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... continued: "Macquarie's capital markets facing businesses' (Macquarie Securities (MSG), Macquarie Capital and Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC)) combined net profit contribution was up 11 per cent on 1H14 and down 43 per cent on 2H14, which ...

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... there's deteriorating market technicals. There's the sharply ascending US dollar. The US dollar index (against major currencies) has risen by 6.7% from its 2014 low (1 July). Surely Shirley, this would, in time, show up in Uncle Sam's trade accounts ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... dollar higher and higher. As per Reuters, "The dollar index.DXY, which measures the greenback against a basket of major currencies, was last down 0.08 percent at 84.227. It has risen for the ninth week, the most weeks the index has gained consecutively ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... of high volatility is extended low volatility." He said the consequence of such a crisis could be multiple reserve currencies, increased use and trading of special drawing rights, a return to the gold standard, and a rise in social unrest.