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The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... back in 2007 (the time we, Australians, thought of the GFC to mean Geelong Football Club). At the close of last week's trading, the S&P 500 stood just 9.4% away from it 9 October 2007 peak and the Dow's only 6.3% shy. But don't look now (for you might ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... cent to $383 million, sending its stock up 11 cents to $4.27. AAP gr/cdh SYDNEY, Aug 16 AAP - The Australian market is trading higher at noon, boosted by earnings results from top companies on local and overseas bourses. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... Treasury Wine Estates and Platinum Asset Management are scheduled to announce full year results. ANZ is due to provide a trading update while Myer chief executive Bernie Brookes is to deliver a speech at AMCHAM in Sydney. In Australia, the market on ...

AFMA urges ASIC to focus on market risk

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... in the market. Dark pools are orders to buy or sell shares that are executed outside the transparent ''lit'' markets. Trading that occurs in 'lit' markets on the other hand, is pre-trade transparent markets operated by the ASX and the CHI-X. In an effort ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... Australia, the market on Wednesday finished lower as nervous investors made for the safety of defensive stocks amid thin trading volumes. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.0 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4,281.2, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Hastings securities in trading halt as PPA ups offer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Hastings securities have been placed in a trading halt ahead of this morning's announcement by Pipeline Partners Australia (PPA) that it has upped its all-cash offer price for Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF). PPA had until midnight (AEST) ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... Wednesday, with a strong earnings report from the Commonwealth Bank giving the market a boost in the early session of trading. At 1018 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 4,308.2 while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... slightly better than expected. A 0.8 per cent rise in July US retail sales also helped boost sentiment, with Wall Street trading on the plus side in midday action as well. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading companies added 0.56 per cent to close ...

ASIC targets securities dealers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... matters were referred for investigation, a 13-case jump on the previous period. The matters involved potential insider trading (13), market manipulation (5), possible breaches of market integrity rules (15) and of the continuous disclosure obligations ...

ASIC calls for kill-switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... brokers to have direct control over filters and automated controls to suspend HFT orders and/or systems in the wake of US trading firm Knight Capital's disaster earlier this month. "Recent events overseas are a reminder of the speed and automation of ...