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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
The Australian dollar slumped in overnight trading after positive United States economic data and comments from European officials expressing concern over the strength of the euro boosted the US dollar. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading ...

NAB competitors stand by risk management systems

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
... banking industry is reviewing its foreign exchange risk controls, in a bid to avoid a repeat of the $180 million rogue trading scandal at National Australia Bank. The nation's biggest banks said they were examining their systems for monitoring the complex ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
... States currency gained support from a narrower-than-expected US trade deficit. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7757/59 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7770/75. The local unit traded between $US0.7745 and 0.7786 overnight. ...

Whistleblower exposed NAB losses

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
A whistle-blower exposed three months of unauthorised trading that lost the National Australia Bank up to $180 million, the bank said today. NAB yesterday suspended a foreign currency dealer in London and three in Melbourne for rogue trading in foreign ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
... gained strength from comments made by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7773/78 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7786/91. The local bourse is likely to drop markedly at the open following ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
... it continued its upward trend overnight to hit a fresh six and a half year high. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7775/80 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7777/82. The local unit traded between $US0.7748 and a new high of 0.7798 ...

ASIC launches inquiry into super funds

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
... written to the managers responsible for 90 per cent of the $630 billion invested in local funds to determine if after-market trading of managed investments is occurring in Australia. It is also investigating whether "market timing" - where investors ...

Share trading climbs to record $56 billion in October: ASX

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
Share trading on the Australian stock market reached a record monthly total of $56 billion in October 2003, up from the previous record in September with $54 billion traded according to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). October was also the second ...

Avco fined $3 million under consumer credit laws

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
... company has been fined more than $3 million for failing to comply with consumer credit laws over an 11-year period. NSW Fair Trading Minister Reba Meagher said Avco Financial Services Limited had been fined $3.25 million after failing to adequately disclose ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
... reaching another fresh six and a half high against a weaker United States dollar. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7719/27 compared with Friday's close of 0.7719/27. The local unit peaked around $US0.7790 over the weekend - levels ...