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Instreet launches structured product

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... interest payments that are lost if the reference index remains flat," he added. The ComBATS index is a market neutral commodity alpha strategy, involving long/short positions in 10 commodities including crude oil, natural gas and aluminum. The index ...

Aust real estate investors staying home

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... that the longer it takes for certainty to emerge on the future for Europe, the greater the emphasis on more resilient, commodity supported and transparent real estate markets such as Australia. Standard Life Investments is one of the world's largest ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
A day late and a penny short. Had the stumble in equity and commodity markets and the grim indicators released overnight happened while the Federal Open Market Committee was still in session, Big Ben would have announced something beyond extending the ...

Ten new ETPs get ASX listing

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... typically achieved by investing in the shares of mining and resource companies or, for investors with adequate expertise, commodity futures markets," said Fred Jheon, managing director, Asia Pacific, ETF Securities. "ETCs provide a convenient, transparent ...

Australia lags on commodities investments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... Rio then we've got enough in direct equities for an exposure - our message is about why you would use something like a commodity futures based index," said Guy Maguire, head of S&P Indices Australia. "It's not so much happening in Australia, but elsewhere ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... The euro hopped above US$1.25. The Australian dollar rose by 1.8% is heading back towards parity with the greenback. Commodity prices rose by 1.3% with oil up 1.0%. Whispering hope. It had always been there, the promise (threat to you bears wearing shorts) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... Securities/Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for May. Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is due to release its index of commodity prices for May. In equities news, Woolworths chairman James Strong, Newcrest Mining chief executive Greg Robinson ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... Shamu said a decline in risk appetite in all equity markets overnight had influenced local trading. That caused most commodity stocks to fall. BHP was down 26 cents at $35.99 and Rio Tinto was down 99 cents at $64.44. Larger falls were posted by energy ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... correlation. "The first thing people say to us is because of the exposure through shares, they've already got a lot of commodity exposure," said Max Darnell, chief investment officer at First Quadrant. "If you look at the exposure to commodities - even ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed marginally higher despite earnings downgrades and a fall in some commodity prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.8 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,366.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...