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Instos allocate $980m to catastrophe bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... part of Willis Limited, the world's third largest reinsurance broker, founded Nephila Capital in 1998. The firm has been trading weather risk since 2000 and launched a weather product in 2005.

Director to plead guilty for insider trading

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
A former director of Lion Selection has appeared in the Melbourne Magistrate's Court to face charges of insider trading - and has indicated to the court that he would plead guilty to the charge. John O'Reilly of Twickenham, London, appeared in the Melbourne ...

Best laid plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... night painted an economy showing "notable improvements" and "many markets...functioning more normally" and America's "trading partners...also seeing signs of stabilisation." I won't bore you with the details of Bernanke's exit strategy (it is available ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... heavy weights, that is probably the stand out performance," he said. Mr Bishop said the fact that market rose for a sixth trading day in a row at the open was gladden any stockbroker's heart. The major miners were stronger, with Rio Tinto up $1.40, or ...

SWF Institute opens trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute has launched a confidential trading platform that allows some of the biggest institutional investors to trade assets. Wholly owned by the institute, the Imbourse platform provides capital introduction between buyers ...

LPTs recover and show value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... it a number of them seem like they're very good value and a number of them are. Right now most, if not all trusts, are trading way below their stated net asset value so it could be a very good value play for managers," he said. But the reason why these ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... Ltd. On Friday, the Australian share market scraped into positive territory despite profit-taking from three previous trading days of bull runs that took their lead from Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 5.2 points, or 0.13 per cent ...

Vanguard ETFs hit $20m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... ETF on 8 May this year. "The majority of that has gone into Australian shares - we've been pleasantly surprised at the trading volumes and although it's early days there is interest in the US and World ETFs as well," he said. He said financial planners ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... third successive day of gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 71.1 points, or 1.81 per cent, at 3,995.6, after trading as high at 4022.3. The broader All Ordinaries gained 70.3 points, or 1.79 per cent, to 3,987.8 points.

X-rays on APLs for Matrix advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... hedging as well as easily distinguishing managers that use long -only strategies from those that may use shorting or other trading techniques. In the fixed interest space, recognising the distinct differences within the asset class, the new tools break ...