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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... added 48.7 points, or 1.32 per cent, to 3,742.6. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was trading 50 points higher at 3,802 on volume of 12,273 contracts. Ord Minnett private client adviser Jon Hancock said banks, financials ...

S&P raises GSJBW equities rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... impressive," said Gunn. Hershan was appointed to the role in July 2007. Prior to that, he worked in the firm's proprietary trading team and has also worked as an analyst and fund manager across global equities in the US for Fidelity and Citadel.

BT alters intl fixed interest mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... other news last month, the firm announced a three year plan to revamp the BT Wrap platform which includes introducing bulk trading, improvements to same-day trading capability and new trading tools including watchlists and email alerts.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... increased by 2.2 points, 0.06 per cent to 3700.1. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the June share price index contract was trading 10 point lower at 3754 on a volume of 9,811 contracts. Client adviser with Macquarie Equities David Halliday said the sharemarket ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
Positive offshore leads buoyed the Australian share market's financials and resources sectors in morning trading, offsetting heavy losses suffered by national carrier Qantas. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 83.3 points, or 2.27 per cent ...

Barclays sells iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... tenet of this transaction. Not only does the current leadership team remain in place but the portfolio management and trading will as well," he said. "With this new streamlined ownership structure, iShares is well positioned to continue bringing you ...

CBA adds Apama software

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has added Progress Software Corporation's equities trading software to make the bank's trading division more efficient. The software, Progress Apama, allows the bank's traders to apply specific and proprietary algorithms ...

Low volatility not always low risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... "An illiquid investment that appreciates slowly and steadily in value over a period of time simply because there is no trading activity may appear to be a low volatility investment. "In reality however the fact that the investment has only periodically ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... rapidly. And in case you missed it, the VIX index - or what the market refers to as the fear index - ended last week's trading session at 36.4 the lowest level since September last year or before the sharp sell-off in equity markets in the following ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... added 22.3 points, or 0.63 per cent, to 3,589.8. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was trading up 26 points to 3,652 on a volume of 9,628 contracts. Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 5.7 per cent ...