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Fund managers to face new norm in liquidity

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
The rise of high frequency trading and new exchanges coming to Australia will force fund managers to become even more selective when choosing their brokers. While the challenges brought on by increased technology and trading venues are mainly shouldered ...

CMC markets appoints new head for Aus, NZ

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... CMC Markets Australia and New Zealand. Cooper has worked with the broking firm since 1999 when it was a foreign exchange trading business in London with just 35 staff. "I was there in 2000 when they launched the first contract-for-difference (CFD) products ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... per cent since the beginning of the week. Major offshore share markets lost between one and two per cent in overnight trading, and the local market followed that lead early in the day. The local market had recovered some ground by noon, however. "For ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
The Australian market is receiving strong, negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with foreign markets spooked by the crisis in Libya, and poor data from China, the US and Spain. On the ASX 24 at 0832 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Vanguard saves $8.7m

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... withdrawals received on the same day so Vanguard does not need to transact securities on-market and therefore saves on trading costs. Investors buying or selling Vanguard units on those particular days save money through a reduction in the normal buy ...

AXA Aus preps for next phase of North

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... platform will include flexible pricing, including a low-cost option for clients with simpler needs, online direct share trading and automated model portfolios and bulk trading. Additionally, the new generation platform will offer unit trusts, multi-manager ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... has risen a third of a US cent, as the market digests mixed local employment figures. At 1200 AEDT, the local unit was trading at 101.05 US cents, up from Wednesday's local close of 100.71 US cents. Since 0700 AEDT, the Australian dollar has moved between ...

Fund managers eye 'cheap' Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Daiichikosho, which Lowenstein described as an 'absolute cash cow'. Another is Proto Corporation, the Japanese equivalent of The Trading Post with a market cap of over $450 million and EV/EBIT of 4.4x, remarkably low compared to similar assets in other ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices flat, while precious metals were higher and oil eased. On the ASX 24 at 0837 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was two points ...

More to emerging markets than Asia

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... weighing up the pros and cons of investing in Asian growth assets, other emerging markets, with some of the most attractive trading valuations, are often overlooked. James Cook, associate director, US and emerging market equities product management ...