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ASIC bans Darling Point financial adviser

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Martin Lloyd-Cocks, a financial adviser from Darling Point NSW, from acting as a representative of a securities dealer or investment adviser for five years. Mr Lloyd-Cocks was an ...

Hedge funds underperform equity markets: Hennessee

Hedge funds continued to underperform broader US equity market indexes in October, according to hedge fund consultant Hennessee Group. Hennessee said its hedge fund index rose by 2.87% in the month, bringing the return over 12 months to 16.48%. By comparison ...

NAB survey reveals unrelenting business strength in October

The National Australia Bank (NAB) monthly business survey for October's key finding is one of unrelenting economic strength, with two other significant findings being made - namely, large jumps in forward orders and in business confidence. The survey ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits fresh highs

The Australian dollar hit a fresh six-year high of $US0.7177 overnight as the US dollar weakened, buoyed by speculation of a widening interest rate differential with the United States. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7156/61 compared ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar opens weaker

The Australian dollar opened stronger today after the US dollar weakened on profit taking in the wake of a strong US jobs number, a trader said. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7090/97 compared with Friday's close of 0.7072/77. ...

Cairns dealer faces six dishonesty charges

A Cairns dealer has appeared in the Cairns Magistrates Court to answer six dishonesty charges from Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The charges relate to her conduct when employed as a junior dealer in the Cairns office of ABN ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker, but responding to low unemployment rate

... data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It reported that the jobless rate fell to a fresh low of 5.6 per cent in October - the lowest level since Decmeber 1989 - after a surprise surge of 69,200 in employment over the month. Markets had been expecting ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks head lower on disappointing jobs data

U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday as investors caught their breath after pushing major market gauges to fresh 2003 highs in the previous session and awaited more earnings and economic data later this week. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 19.63 ...

Afternoon market report: Trade thins as Melbourne Cup takes precedence

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
The Melbourne Cup took centre stage as afternoon trade on the Australian share market slowed to a dribble, although the broader market indexes still managed to end the day in positive territory. "The market was a lot stronger earlier in the day when ...

Midday market report: Shares surge higher on US data

The Australian stock market opened higher today following a surge by stocks on Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 16.6 points higher at 3273.1 in early trade while the all ordinaries index had leapt 20.0 points to 3273.1. Overnight ...