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Economic round-up: Beijing tugging the reins

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... today following Beijing's announcement on Friday of another interest rate increase and a widening of its foreign exchange trading band against the US$. China's central bank also raised interest rates for the second time in almost as many months and tightened ...

Share ownership down but trading activity up: ASX

There are less mum-and-dad investors in the market but they are trading more frequently and placing bigger bets, according to the latest Share Ownership Study by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). This is the tenth study conducted by the ASX ...

Mercer appoints ex-RBA exec as principal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... track record in currency and global fixed income portfolio management. Her experience in regulatory, risk management and trading roles here and in the UK will enable her to make a strong contribution to Mercer's senior team." Eagleton said that clients ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... fell on lower copper prices. The FTSE 100 closed up 19.8 points at 6,579.3, ticking up at the end of a largely subdued trading session. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 7,499.5 points, up 18.25 or 0.24 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 6,027 ...

Kiwibank fined over lack of disclosure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
New Zealand government-owned bank Kiwibank yesterday pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act while a banking group recently appointed as a KiwiSaver default fund is also under investigation. The case concerns banks which failed to properly ...

Macquarie seeks banking licence in Britain

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... coming from overseas," said Moss. About three quarters of the bank's increase in liabilities over the last year, including trading securities and wholesale debt, was sourced from offshore markets with the bulk of that raised in Europe. Overall staff ...

QIC introduces magical management software

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... global fixed interest team has scored an Australian first by agreeing to implement BlackRock Solutions' Aladdin integrated trading, portfolio management and risk reporting system before the end of 2007. Aladdin currently processes over $4.5 trillion ...

Listed FoHFs gain traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... started in 2000 and now has A$2 billion under management through a range of listed vehicles, including an equities fund, a trading fund, an alpha strategies fund and the FOHF. While the Dexion Absolute Capital FoHF is managed by Harris Associates, each ...

China's market party gets louder

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... on their savings. This has led a rush into the stock markets where unprecedented numbers of individuals have opened up trading accounts, resulting in the benchmark CSI300 Index hiking 81 per cent since the start of the year. In a recent survey of 20,000 ...

State Street rebrands ETFs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... brand SPDRs. The re-branding is part of a global State Street roll-out that comes on the back of strong growth in ETF trading in Australia which has almost doubled in the last year, according to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Rob Goodlad ...