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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading over the weekend, with Wall Streets's key stocks indices higher, and stronger markets in base and precious metals, and in oil. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0630 AEDT, the December ...

RMB rise to benefit local investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... Asian currencies follow suit over the next one to two years. This is buoyed by Asia's expected faster growth than its trading partners, monetary policy tightened earlier than in the US and Europe, and a rosy outlook on capital inflows, said Wu. As a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... 49,500 jobs in September, well above market expectations of a 20,000 increase in total employment. CMC Markets head of trading James Foulsham said the jobs data helped spark what had been a subdued start to the trading day. "It was a bit of a lifeless ...

Researchers cast eyes on ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... ETF business, and issued a "recommended" rating on the Russell Investments High Dividend Yield ETF (RVD), which began trading on the ASX in May. "The Russell fund review is to be followed by the release of other ETF ratings and these will be supported ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... choice given the moribund condition of its domestic economy, its actions would be detrimental to the economic health of its trading partners. America's trading partners know this. That's why they're retaliating with beggar-thy-neighbour policies of their ...

SimCorp launches "office of the future"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... provides instant and comprehensive pre and post trade investment monitoring. Meanwhile, "Order Manager" provides single-click trading flow to support accurate trading of high order volumes, real time market data and program trading functionality, with ...

More US investment banks close prop desks

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... opportunities for Australian super funds. Shortly after the New York Times revealed that JPMorgan was moving its proprietary trading desks to a unit within its asset management division, Bank of America confirmed plans to lay off up to 30 proprietary ...

PAC merges with eQuant, names Greg Kirk as non-exec

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... eQuant is an established provider of executive search services for quantitative disciplines in funds, research, analytics & trading. "Through this partnership we will be able to offer cohesive and blended consulting to our clients in banking and investments," ...

SSgA hires NYSE exec to join ETF team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... where most recently he was senior vice president and global head of exchange traded products. He oversaw the listing and trading of ETFs, warrants, certificates, structured notes, investment funds and other exchange traded products across NYSE Euronext's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... off 13 cents at $39.24, and Rio Tinto sagged 18 cents at $77.08. Securities in coal explorer Coalspur Mines were in a trading halt ahead of a capital raising. Coalspur last traded at 92.5 cents. Australia's biggest gold miner, Newcrest Mining, descended ...