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'Twilight pool' block trading venue to launch in 2015

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... would provide the "ideal" way for institutional investors to make block trades. "The average trade size in the market has fallen to $5,400 as at the end of September quarter. So if you're trying to move a huge chunk of shares, it's become very difficult ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... sustained, lowers its import bill by $60 billion, or 3%. Most of its exports are manufactured goods whose prices have not fallen. Unless weak demand changes that, its foreign currency will go further, and living standards should rise. Cheaper oil will ...

Cash rate more likely to fall than rise: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... that the Australian dollar has been the second strongest currency in the G10 in 2014. "Even though the Aussie dollar has fallen versus the US dollar," he said, "it hasn't fallen versus all of our other trading partners, especially Europe and Japan. So ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... markets were closed for the Thanksgiving public holiday. LONDON - Borrowing costs for the German and French governments have fallen to record lows on the prospect of quantitative easing in the struggling eurozone, while the euro slid further and stocks ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... global miner BHP Billiton had lost 33 cents to $32.85, Rio Tinto had dropped 66 cents to $58.81, and Fortescue Metals had fallen 15 cents to $2.82. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank sagged 32 cents to $80.63, ANZ dipped two cents to $31.81, National ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... final taper on 29 October, the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq have appreciated by 2.8% and the Dow by 4.0%; the VIX index has fallen to a reading of 13.8 from 15.2 (and this year's high of 31.1 hit on the 15th of October); and, yields on 10-year bonds ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... "European stock markets were fairly static on Tuesday with low volumes producing low volatility as investors paid tribute to fallen heroes on Remembrance Day in the UK and Veterans Day in the US," said CMC Markets UK analyst Jasper Lawler. The euro rose ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
"...I see your true colors Shining through." - Cyndi Lauper Has the A$ just revealed its true colour? It's a Democrat and an Obama groupie! The Australian dollar "plummeted" "nosedived" "plunged" "tumbled" "was smoked" following reports that the Republicans ...

Wealth division boosts ANZ profit

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... including ANZ Smart Choice Super, the new ANZ Grow Centres and the Grow by ANZ app. The divisions cost to income ratio has also fallen 375 bps. Private Wealth profit grew 62%, excluding the impact of the sale of ANZ Trustees. The strong performance was ...

APRA releases group insurance best practice guide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... the market." APRA deputy chairman Ian Laughlin said that over the last few years part of the group insurance market has fallen short of appropriate practice in respect of risk management and governance. "The release of this prudential practice guide ...