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New switching device cuts latency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Trading times are on the brink of becoming even quicker with today's launch of the world's fastest switching device with a latency of 130 nanoseconds. "There was a time not that long ago when nobody cared about network devices and they were viewed as ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... in Amazon's shares, and a 3.4 per cent lift for shares in Starbucks. The local market made broad-based gains in quiet trading ahead of the RBA's interest rate announcement, due at 1430 AEST, Jamie Spiteri, senior equities dealer at Shaw Stockbroking ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
An estimated $23 billion has been wiped of the Australian share market as it fell further in intra-day trading. At noon the benchmark index remained below 4,000 points amid widespread selling on disappointing US and European economic news. At 1200 AEST ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... stocks and the top 50 stocks have been hit a lot harder than the top 200 stocks," he said. "That's a sign of short-term trading interest - (traders) positioning themselves in the highly liquid stocks." Weaker materials stocks also dragged the market ...

Investors missing the eurozone silver lining

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... the longer term," said John Remmert, senior vice president, Franklin Equity Group. "While the current headline-driven trading environment has created heightened volatility on a near-term basis, we remain focused on each company's potential ability to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... per cent to 3,017.01 points. The CAC was down six per cent for the month of May as a whole, however. In foreign exchange trading, the euro dropped to a 23-month low of $US1.2358 from $US1.2366 late in New York on Wednesday. The single European currency ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... short of economists' predictions of a 0.5 per cent rise. The Australian dollar fell below 97 US cents on the news, and was trading at 97.09 US cents by 1200 AEST. Market heavyweight BHP Billiton sank further into negative territory, trading down 71 cents ...

ASIC sets sights on dark pools

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... the current "light touch" approach is still appropriate. "The focus of the debate is the point at which there is so much trading on the dark market for price discovery to be damaged, to the detriment of the overall market," Gibson said. "I think there ...

CalPERS awards Citi $28bn in securities lending assets

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... market efficiency and liquidity, provides a critical element for hedging, acts as a useful tool for risk management in trading and investment strategies and helps to facilitate timely settlement of securities, according to eSecLending. The balance of ...

Bond ETFs buffering equity market volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... generally buy managed funds, so this is really a simple way to get direct access to bonds." Traditionally, direct bond trading is often inaccessible to non-institutional clients due to large trading minimums and the requirements to trade on an over-the-counter ...