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NYSE closes trading floor

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has made all trading electronic, temporarily closing its symbolic trading floor. NYSE president Stacey Cunningham announced the move after two people tested positive for COVID-19, but said the closure will only be ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... the end of trade, the S&P 500 fell 7.6%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7.79%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 7.29%. NYSE president Stacey Cunningham said the trading halt overnight serves to help build market resilience during times of volatility ...

Meet the Sydney boutique beating Magellan's returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... customer anyway." Most of the names in Aoris's portfolio are ones you wouldn't recognize. There is Amphenol, the NYSE-listed manufacturer of connectors used by mobile devices, data centers, automotive and aerospace industries among others. It ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... private-sector coal company in the world, Peabody Energy, worth nearly US$77 million, and 218,014 shares in BHP (listed on the NYSE, not ASX-listed shares) worth $10.8 million. It's also important to note that Fink's letter only mentions changes ...

VanEck restructures three ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... clients." The VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) had $169 million in funds under management at July end. The ETF, which tracks the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index, saw net inflows of $28 million during the month as investors stayed bullish on gold prices. MOAT ...

IFM buys North American pipeline operator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... adding to its assets in the region. IFM entered a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding public common units of NYSE-listed Buckeye Partners, a large US operator for pipeline for liquid petroleum products. The transaction values Buckeye at for ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... the majority of strategies are active. IIA figures show equity indices overwhelmingly dominate over 95% of the benchmarks. NYSE-listed MSCI earned more than half (56%) or US$719 million of its 2017 operating revenue from its index business, according ...

SSGA appoints APAC managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... Securities as the managing director and the head of Delta One, ETF and Cash Equity Trading. SSGA is the asset management arm of NYSE-listed State Street Corporation. Earlier this month, SSGA appointed a new head of retirement solutions for Australia. ...

US giant acquires Aussie super consulting business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
An NYSE-listed global insurance brokerage and risk management firm is acquiring an Australian superannuation consulting services company along with its technology-based sister firm as part of a continued play into the Australian wealth market. Arthur ...

S&P to remove ASX healthcare firm from index

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... Indices said Sirtex Medical will be removed from the index subject to shareholder and court approval of the acquisition by NYSE-listed Varian Medical Systems. Its replacement in the index will be IDP Education (ASX: IEL). Sirtex's shareholders have included ...