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Regulators call for better OTC derivatives processing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
APRA, ASIC and the RBA have released a report that identifies where major fund managers and super funds can improve in terms of how they manage OTC derivatives in the wake of the credit crisis. This month the regulators and the RBA released the findings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
Australian shares are likely to fall after another US weekly unemployment claims record raised concerns that the recent rally in equities was too fast. Investor sentiment was also dented by a warning from ratings agency Standard & Poor's that it may ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
Indications are emerging that markets are 'starting to heal' but 'forceful and sustained' policy actions are still needed. These words from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner perhaps best sum up the macro-environment for the second quarter economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
The Australian share market may open higher, after European exchanges gained on optimism the global economy is starting to recover while US markets were little changed. At 0742 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

AIA public listing one step closer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
AIG has announced it will accelerate steps to position its Australasian subsidiary American International Assurance Company (AIA) as an independent entity in preparation for an Asian public listing. The timing of the move will be determined by market ...

Investors rush to oil ETCs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Exchange traded commodity (ETC) provider, ETF Securities,enjoyed a $1.2 billion rise in inflows into oil ETCs in the first four months of this year. Inflows into oil ETCs were more than two times the flows recorded during 2008 with assets under management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after negative leads from Wall Street in securities, metals and oil, although gold was higher. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 42 points lower ...

Confusion in the inflection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Cracks on the Wall? Have markets got ahead of themselves and investors are now looking for the greater fool? Taking Wall Street's cue, most major equity markets around the world finished last week's trading activity in the red. But then again, most ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
The Australian share market was over one and a half per cent higher at noon, led by a surge in the mining sector. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index was up 59.6 points, or by 1.6 per cent, at 3783, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 57.5 ...

AMP posts strong super and risk flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
AMP recorded around $2 billion in net cashflows to the firm's superannuation and pension business last year and announced a focus on simpler, transparent products in the long term. AMP Financial Services' net cashflows were up $81 million in the first ...