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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... declined 13 points to 4734, on a volume of 12684 contracts. Burrell Stock Broking associate Peter Wright said the market was trading on very light volumes. "Oil is quite weak, back down past $US70 and copper stocks were battered which is a direct reaction ...

Up, down and sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... this. My beef is with ABARE's price assumption. It could be right on the ball, but chances are it is not. With the A$ now trading at around US$0.8740, it is averaging US$0.8450 to date this fiscal year-- Ouch! again. This is two per cent above its central ...

Mercer Super Trust improves online tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... reputation for being modern technology users and this has extended to financial services through online banking, share trading, general insurance and health insurance. By contrast, many Australians still receive information about their superannuation ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Wall Street has been on a holding pattern over the past three trading sessions. It's waiting...waiting...waiting. Waiting for what? Wall Street waits for the Fed's verdict on monetary policy. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins its two-day ...

Treasury buys stake in two boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... Cooper, Craig Connelly and Peter Lucas lead AR Capital Management's investment team. Cooper previously worked as head of trading at Goldman Sachs JBWere and in a similar role at Credit Suisse. Connelly was the head of equity research at Goldman Sachs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... 21,623.45. WELLINGTON - Fletcher Building passed Telecom to become top stock on the New Zealand sharemarket on Friday and trading in the two stocks provided about half the turnover by value. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 3.66 points, or 0.12 ...

Industry awards top hedge funds in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Fund Winner - BlackRock Asset Allocation Alpha Fund - Class D Finalist - Excalibur Absolute Return Fund Finalist - Kaiser Trading Fund 2 x SPC Best Investor Supporting Australian Managers - Sunsuper Best Fund of Funds Winner FRM Sigma Fund PCC Limited ...

Beware the leveraged ETF

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Australian exchange traded funds investors should learn from their US counterparts who have lost their fortunes trading leveraged ETFs - products that could one day hit Australian shores. Michael Krause, president of ETF research house AltaVista Research ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... Chinese-made tyres, with Beijing consequently lodging a complaint against the US move at the World Trade Organisation. Trading was cancelled for the morning session in Hong Kong due to a typhoon overnight. The benchmark Hang Seng Index finished down ...

CMC appoints head of wholesale

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... targeting mid to large size financial institutions that are looking to add online broking and Contracts for Difference (CFD) trading to their service offering. Clinnick joins CMC Markets after five years with MF Global where he helped to win several ...