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Morphic co-founder joins hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... the world's best recognised hedge funds founded by Steve Cohen. In 2019, it started Australian operations with two pro traders from Goldman Sachs, AFR reported.

CommSec launches trade knowledge tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... information around how trading works as younger people show increased interest in wholesale trading. CommSec said first time traders contributed to around 10% of total trades since February 2020, compared with 4% prior to COVID-19. Additionally, the ...

Morningstar introduces new platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
Morningstar has launched a new platform that helps advisers, traders and market analysts stay on top of market movements. Morningstar Market Monitoring provides real-time data, market insights and newsfeeds. The platform has 40 configurable web components ...

Hedge fund switched traders with algorithm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
A hedge fund, previously linked to several superannuation funds, has been fined US$170 million for replacing its traders with an algorithm that drastically underperformed. An investigation by the US Securities Exchange Commission found UK-based BlueCrest ...

Trading platform partners with Sharesight

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... investors to track portfolio performances, dividend payments and generate tax reports. The platform targets active share traders with two offerings: FocusLite, for lower-volume traders that pay minimum brokerage fees of $10 per trade or 0.04% and Focus ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... on which side of the bed financial market participants get up on on the day. Get up on the wrong side and Wall Street traders and speculators and investors would prefer to have stayed in bed. You would too reading, listening, and digesting news that ...

Stockpicker pay cheques revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... managers earned $591,429 for the year in mean salary, split as $301,389 in mean salary and 101% of it in annual bonus. Traders made more than analysts at $392,593 in total compensation for the year compared to analysts' $347,727. Crossing the $1 million ...

Bell Direct hires for new service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... distribution and marketing Tim Sparks added: "Ryan and Lewis are both well positioned to service this group of experienced traders wanting the support of a dedicated trading desk. Their specialised knowledge and experience will be invaluable as we continue ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... risk reserve ratio for forward contracts to 0% from 20% over the weekend, effectively giving its blessing to currency traders to "get shorty". The PBOC imposed the 20% risk reserve ratio two years ago to contain what was then a fast depreciating Chinese ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Rabbitt said the record-breaking penalty demonstrates the seriousness of the bank's misconduct. "For over eight years, traders on J.P. Morgan's precious metals and US Treasuries desks engaged in separate schemes to defraud other market participants ...