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Cost of share trading spikes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The cost of trading Asian and Australian equities rose by 150 per cent last year compared to a year ago after bid-ask spreads widened to abnormal levels during the credit crisis, according to research. Trading cost data and analysis provider ITG released ...

BT Global Macro gains three stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... "Standard & Poor's feels the implementation of the strategy of managed futures is a positive as it aids liquidity, reduces trading costs, mitigates counterparty risks and allows the fund to offer advantageous liquidity terms." He said a longer track ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... Gold off five cents or 1.6 per cent to $3.08. Newmont Mining rose eight cents or 1.29 per cent to $6.27. Spot gold was trading in Sydney at $US924.10 per fine ounce, up $US18.30 on Friday's close of $US905.80.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... $US883.55. Making headlines, engineering services provider Coffey International says it expects its best ever half year trading result, with earnings before interest and tax for the first half of fiscal 2009 expected to be between $29 million and $31 ...

Instinet granted clearing membership

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... complex and having our own operations will enable us to respond efficiently to any changes in the market." The electronic trading giant Instinet gained a full remote ASX membership in late 2007 which allowed the firm to provide direct execution of ASX ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... the Obama administration will create banks to absorb the bad assets weighing down the financial system. In mid-afternoon trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 169.95 points higher, or by 2.08 per cent, to 8,344.38. The Standard & Poor's 500 index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 63 points at 3,439 on a volume of 16,670 contracts. "The market was trading fairly flat on open in anticipation of CPI (Consumer Price Index) data and we've seen it rise following that better than ...

FIIG hires associate director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... increasing demand for fixed income services provided by FIIG's business. Quaine has nearly 20 years experience in fixed income trading and funds management, including as senior portfolio manager, credit fixed interest & currency with AMP Group and is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... or 6.8 per cent, to $6.60 and Newcrest jumped $2.68, or 8.77 per cent, to $33.25. Lihir Gold was flat at $2.92, depsite trading over 19 million shares by 1223 AEDT, after it said a dispute with local landowner groups at its namesake mine in Papua New ...

Communication top priority for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... he said. "The main message I'm giving clients is, remember that the work we do is based on the long term - it's not day trading," said Fox. Riegelhuth, a financial planner with Synchron, echoes Fox's sentiments. "Top challenge would be continuing to ...