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Hedge fund adviser gets $2.7m fine

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... the portfolio manager who bought the offering shares were different. "Investment advisers must recognise that combined trading by different portfolio managers can still constitute a clear violation of Rule 105 when short selling takes place during a ...

Competing to devalue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... dropped 0.7 percent to 84.53 yen, from 85.09." And that, "The Dollar Index, a gauge of the U.S. currency versus six top trading partners, sank to the lowest level since March." Competitive devaluation has commenced. And like during the Great Depression ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading, with Wall Streets's key indices lower, but precious and base metals were higher. Oil fell slightly. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, at 0747 AEST, the December share price index contract ...

S&P and ASX launch Aussie "fear index"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... expectations for a wild ride ahead in stocks, and vice versa. The index will measure the expected volatility for the next 30 trading days by using settlement prices for S&P/ASX 200 put and call options to calculate a weighted average of the implied volatility ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... "exceptionally low levels" for an " extended period". Just ask the US bond market. Yields on 12-month US bonds are currently trading at par with the upper limit of the fed funds rate (0.25 per cent), while the 2-years looked headed the same way with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... US company Angioblast. on Tuesday, the Australian share market finished mildly weaker after losing momentum through the trading day on profit-taking, despite a strong performance on Wall Street. After opening 0.7 per cent higher, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

BT Wrap lifts fog on model portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... to the right model portfolios containing a 'blend' of equities, managed funds and cash. This integrated rebalance and trading feature, alongside another set of tools that give advisers real-time cash updates for equities, can save up to two or more hours ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
The Australian market has received strong leads from offshore trading overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, at 0743 AEST, the December share price index contract was 42 points higher at 4,693. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... morning to open about 0.6 per cent weaker, but has since stabilized and improved slightly during a quiet start to the trading week. There were about 11 stocks down for every 10 that were down at 1207 AEST. Nineteen of the 20 stocks on the S&P/ASX20 were ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... "Aussie is 27 per cent too expensive" based on purchasing power parity. This means that the Australian dollar should be trading at around US$0.6843 against the greenback instead of the current US$0.9374. OMG! Bloomberg quoted several currency strategists ...