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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... the euro intact," he said. "That drove risk assets overnight with gains for the euro, the Australian dollar and some commodities and that has filtered through to the opening of our session." Locally, Caltex shares dropped 33 cents to $13.93 at 1037 after ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... the euro intact," he said. "That drove risk assets overnight with gains for the euro, the Australian dollar and some commodities and that has filtered through to the opening of our session." Locally, Caltex shares dropped 33 cents to $13.93 at 1037 after ...

Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... investments. Because success in alternatives often requires long only funds to take short options, particularly against the commodities slowdown, Urbani said funds just didn't have the internal resources. With the exception of the Future Fund, Australian ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... lowered earnings estimates and QE, markets have only given a fleeting glance on the escalating prices of agricultural commodities on supply disruptions. The S&P GSCI Agricultural spot price index has surged by 39.6% -- the highest in 13 months -- from ...

Deutsche Bank job cuts

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... The Reuters report said that a J.P. Morgan in late May forecast a slowdown in trading of fixed-income currency and commodities of up to 32% quarter-on-quarter. Analysts were predicting that banks will cut more jobs this year - perhaps another 5% of their ...

Westpac launches share trading app

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... smartphone or iPad. The app supports trading in shares, warrants, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded commodities (ETCs). James Staltari, head of Westpac Online Investing, said the rapid increase in activity on Westpac's existing mobile ...

Aust lags in financial job market

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... functions such as transactions and corporate banking. Trading jobs were also affected as despite the relative buoyancy of commodities, uncertain markets resulted in less funding for expanding the trading workforce.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... markets took its cues from the United States. "Our market is following the lead from overseas and the big move in the commodities side of things," Mr Leppinus said. In local news, Billionaire coal magnate Nathan Tinkler has made a formal bid for Whitehaven ...

Instreet launches structured product

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... flat," he added. The ComBATS index is a market neutral commodity alpha strategy, involving long/short positions in 10 commodities including crude oil, natural gas and aluminum. The index has a low correlation to the equity markets and can provide an ...

UHNWs target PE, commodities, real estate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
The Institute for Private Investors has released the results of an investment tracking survey that says commodities, real estate and private equity are the top investment choices among ultra high net worth families in 2012. "This year's data reinforced ...