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APX launches first local carbon trading exchange

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Australia's first ever carbon trading exchange has opened today in Melbourne, letting businesses set carbon pricing five years before the Howard government's current 2012 goal. A joint venture between the Australia Pacific Exchange (APX), the Australian ...

Goldman Sachs JBWere appoints new head of equities

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... Asset Management (GSJBWAM) has appointed Dion Hershan as its new head of equities. Formerly a part of the Proprietary Trading team, Hershan's move gives him portfolio responsibility for GSJBWAM's fundamental equities funds. Hershan has also worked previously ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
The Australian share market held ground in positive territory in morning trading today, despite some easing from the strong opening as higher base metals supported miners and Telstra. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 26.7 points to ...

Australia as Asian hub a pipe dream

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... is the tremendous weight of money that's coming in to the superannuation funds. That doesn't necessarily lend itself to trading certain kinds of products that are on growth phases. How are we going to get a huge market in Chinese or Indian equities going ...

Hiking partners: Aussie dollar and Kiwi inflation

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... consecutive day to reach an 18-year record of US0.8789 overnight. Falls in US bond yields and equities in after-hours trading were a big contributor, triggered by Bear Stearns delivering very bad news to some of their investors. Backers of its two failed ...

Sandringham selects Imagine Trading

Long/short fund manager Sandringham Capital has selected Imagine Trading System's ASP-based service, www.derivatives.com, for its portfolio and risk management needs. Steuart Roe, managing director of Sandringham was familiar with the software provider's ...

Market gains velocity

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... analyst, Berowne Hlavaty explains that scaling the daily value of all stocks traded by the market cap at the end of each trading day creates a neat measure of liquidity that is comparable over time and independent of market growth. "For example, flat ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... cents up to $39.94, ANZ lifting five cents to $29.48, and Westpac gaining 20 cents to $26.46. Local energy stocks were trading lower with Woodside Petroleum 21 cents lower at $46.50, Santos 14 cents down at $13.96 and Oil Search dipping four cents to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... yielding currencies continued to provide support, amid further US dollar weakness. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8706/11 up from Friday's close of 0.8673/74. During the morning session, it traded between a low of $US0.8695 and ...

Plan B up 40 pct on debut

... the stockmarket at $1.40, a hefty 40 per cent premium over its listing price. Among those who benefited from the strong trading were the more than 50 per cent of employees who bought shares at IPO, as well as more than 20 institutional investors. Plan ...