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No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... transpired last week, Mr. Market wouldn't be worrying at being happy and Wall Street would at the very least end the last trading day of a jittery week on the up. But no! Mr. Market continued to brood, sending the S&P 500 index down 1.6 per cent for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... the Standard & Poor's 500 index slipped 10.66 points, 0.98 per cent, to 1,073.87. All three key indices were up in early trading as the market initially cheered a government report showing the US economy roaring to life in the fourth quarter with a 5.7 ...

Westpac unveils new trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Westpac has launched a new online trading platform for its 250,000 broking customers. James Staltari, the head of Westpac Securities, said the new website is called Westpac Online Investing, and includes an improved range of equity and investment services ...

ASIC power boost could trigger witch-hunts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... lifting the standards of ethical conduct is a big step towards restoring market confidence and prevent further insider trading cases. John Prossor, director and compliance manager at Synchron, said it was time "ASIC were given [investigative] teeth" ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... policymakers that US interest rates would remain near zero for the time being. But that sentiment vanished later in the European trading day after the US Labor Department reported a smaller than expected fall in weekly jobless insurance claims and orders ...

Credit Suisse supercharges Japanese trades

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... complete Tokyo-listed share trades 750 times faster than the average person's reaction speed after the firm upgraded its trading technology. The AES Velocity equities technology provides clients with Direct Market Access speeds of under one millisecond. ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... proposing to bring it back. Obama proposed that banks not be allowed to trade for their own accounts - known as proprietary trading -- and that they cannot own hedged funds or private equity funds. This means banks would be allowed to make profits only ...

Unlisted property continue to pose liquidity headaches

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... the exchange for listing of illiquid property funds and he expects to have the first listings by the middle of the year. Trading of fund units on the NSX would be quite different to trading in listed property trusts on the ASX. The NSX is proposing to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... shares pulled the stock market lower on Thursday as President Barack Obama proposed rules that would limit the types of trading banks can do with their money. Rising unemployment claims and disappointing manufacturing data added to the pessimism in the ...

CFS signs distribution deal with Aspect

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... Capital to distribute the investment manager's products in Australia and New Zealand. Aspect Capital specialises in futures trading that seeks to provide consistent returns across more than 100 international futures markets in cash, bonds, equities ...