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E*Trade signs on Praemium

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... E*TRADE is to make the investment process as easy and convenient as possible so our customers can concentrate on their trading strategies and not on administration," he said. E*Trade is Praemium's latest client following last month's deal with UK-based ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... and even lower than the confidence reading recorded in the 1990/91 recession. The survey's measure of forward orders, trading conditions, profitability, export sales and employment all remained in negative territory. One ray of sunshine, the survey was ...

Boutiques wary of automated systems

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Most players in the funds management industry acknowledge that the automation of managed funds trading would boost their business - but boutiques are still sitting on the fence with jumping on board. According to Tim Hamer, commercial manager, funds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... Standard & Poor's 500 index was off 3.34 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 865.26. LONDON - European stocks rallied late in trading, powered by the banking sector on expectation the US congress will approve President Barack Obama's plan to stimulate the recession-hit ...

IRESS eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... is expanding its presence in Asia. IRESS is adding several Asian markets to its webIRESS online equity information and trading platform. During the first half of 2009, IRESS will introduce equities data from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea to its ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... Having thrown in the kitchen sink, they'll throw even the bathroom fixtures if need be to fix the problem. Last Friday's trading in the US and Europe suggests that equity investors may also be coming round to this view. For even as Americans received ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... Finally a bit of good news. Or rather investors chose to see the good rather than the bad. US equities closed last night's trading up more than 1 per cent, reversing early losses brought on by reports that initial jobless benefit claims jumped to their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... Dow industrials settled up 106.41, or 1.34 per cent, to 8,063.07. The Dow had been down 111 points in the first hour of trading. Broader stock indicators also rose. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 13.62, or 1.64 per cent, to 845.85, and the Nasdaq ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... charges, as the bank and insurer announced that chief executive John Mulcahy would step down. Shares in Suncorp entered a trading halt pending a capital raising, last trading at $7.13. Shares in Macquarie Group Ltd gained more than four per cent after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The Australian market has received a weak lead from Wall Street securities and with oil trading down, although precious and base metals were higher. But at 0807 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 15 points higher at ...