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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... index futures contract was 93 points higher at 4,441 on volume of 22,632 contracts. "We are ripping ahead," Austock Securities senior client adviser and strategist, Michael Heffernan, said from Melbourne. "Across the board we are doing very well. "There ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... been part of recent staff analyses and discussion at FOMC meetings: (1) conducting additional purchases of longer-term securities, (2) modifying the Committee's communication, and (3) reducing the interest paid on excess reserves.... a fourth strategy ...

SEC charges New Jersey with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
The US financial watchdog has cracked down on the state of New Jersey for securities fraud pertaining to fake municipal bond offerings and underfunding two of the state's largest pension funds. Mid this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

H3 Global 'highly recommended': Zenith

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... assessed by Zenith. "The H3 Global Strategies Fund provides non-correlated returns to traditional markets. The underlying securities the H3 Global Strategies Fund trades are liquid and the returns since November 2005 are compelling against its global ...

China consumer research expert joins 8IP

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... the former head of Asia Pacific equities at AMP Capital, has hired the head of China consumer research at Macquarie Securities HK as analyst. Jessie Qian will start with the team in mid September, working out of 8IP's new Hong Kong office, with responsibility ...

Market Wrap - Midday

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... mixed for much of the day. A slump in the final half-hour of trading left the Dow with a loss of 39 points. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said Tuesday's performance by the equities market was lacklustre. "I think you'd say ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... share price index contract was 18 points higher at 4,414, on a volume of 14,840 contracts. Client adviser with Cameron Securities, Adrian Leppinus, said many investors were sitting on the sidelines while Australia's federal election cliffhanger resolved ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... Exchange, the September share price index contract was 48 points lower at 4,406, on volume of 13,897 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said losses on global markets in response to the US unemployment figures had dragged ...

Ipac boosts insurance-related investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... Palmetto Australian Unit Trust, which is managed by Nephila Capital, one of the global leaders in the insurance-linked securities market. Nephila, which is 25 per cent owned by listed alternative investment manager Man, invests in catastrophe bonds ...

Govt to ramp up FinLit in national school curriculum

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... how interest charges work. The $10 million in funding will be used to provide face-to-face training by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission to 6,000 teachers and online teacher training modules linked to the national curriculum. ASIC and ...