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ANZ makes key research appointments

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... of FX research, will report to Hogan and oversee all of ANZ research strategy, including the existing FX, rates and commodities teams. He will be based in Sydney. "Richard has the right experience to perform the role of head of global markets research ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
Australian institutional investors should not be complacent on exposure to commodities, according to investment management boutique First Quadrant, which has been researching ASX correlation. "The first thing people say to us is because of the exposure ...

Currencies dominate CFDs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... (CFD) followed by EUR/USD and gold. The research found both experienced and new traders were focused on currencies, commodities and indices given volatility in those areas, with trading across major forex pairs offering access to tight fixed spreads. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... go up in straight lines all the time, there are some corrections." Mr Russell worries about the future direction of commodities prices in response to the recent downgrade of growth expectations from the Chinese government which continued to put pressure ...

NY family office compared to hedge fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... index and European stocks, according to the report. Bronson additionally plans to bring on portfolio managers to trade commodities using their own strategies backed by capital raised by the Fairhills marketing effort.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... overnight, Benny Sada, senior equities analyst with Australian Stock Report said. "We saw a big rally in stocks and commodities and not surprisingly our materials sector is leading today's rally." Commodities rallied overnight, with gold jumping 2.36 ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... better, more rationale justification is the overall rise in raw materials sector. Sure energy is part of this but most commodities also picked up, led by a 1% increase in copper prices. Now how could the basic materials sector go up if expectations for ...

Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... investing directly in China, according to one fund manager. "If you look at the Australian economy, it's very much a commodities economy and the growth and wealth generated in Australia over the past 10 years is very much driven by the commodity boom," ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... current issue is growth concerns from China and Europe. "Without growth, risk assets, generally, struggle so we saw commodities come off quite a bit overnight." In equities news, rail operator QR National's stocks have plunged after it cut its forecasts ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... Australian dollar fell in overnight trading, John Curtin, associate director with Patersons Securities, said. "You had commodities fall overnight so our commodity stocks have fallen today," he said. "BHP is leading the charge lower." Mining giant BHP ...