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ANZ fined over futures contracts

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
ANZ was last week fined $US350,000 by commodity regulators in the United States, after exceeding speculative position limits in wheat and cotton futures contracts. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said ANZ had exceeded speculative ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Bank of Australia holds its October board meeting and interest rate decision. The RBA will also release its index of commodity prices for September. The RP Data Rismark September Home Value Index is also scheduled to be released. On the local market ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... lunch. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed lower, dragged down by resources stocks, with investors responding to commodity price falls and Europe worries. At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.6 points, or 0.29 per ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... The Australian market is slightly weaker as delays in implementing the Greek bailout package frustrate investors and commodity prices fall. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.3 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 4,376.2 points ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... A$. It certainly looks that way when you account for the fear du' jour - that of a slowing China - and its impact on commodity prices in general and iron ore in particular. While the price of iron ore has dropped by 28.8% to US$106.40 per metric tonne ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... Development of Australia Energy Series lunch in Sydney. In Australia, the market started the week lower with weaker commodity prices contributing to big falls in mining stocks. At the close of trade on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down ...

QE3 will be different

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... QE2 was that you saw it was factored into risk asset classes and commodities classes, but actually when you inflate commodity classes you inflate the oil price which inflates the gas price, which hurts the households. "So that the criticism of the QE ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, pushing the NZX 50 Index down from its highest point in more than four years, as commodity prices gave up recent gains. The NZX 50 fell 12.75 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 3,804.47.

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... that the policy easing in China will eventually kick-in later this year, and lead to a notional pick-up in demand. "Commodity prices, notably on iron ore and coal are a barometer on China and should provide a pretty good reading on what's going on," ...

BlackRock to focus on model-based fixed income inv

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... process large amounts of data. Models, he added, can continuously incorporate investment insights from equity, volatility, commodity and currency markets.