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Analyse this: Dow Jones

... institutions to create their own algorithmic trading strategies that can analyse and react to news that can affect the prices of equities, derivatives, foreign exchange and fixed-income instruments. "Dow Jones is revolutionising how news can be analysed ...

Balanced funds tip towards alternatives

... implemented consultant and a for-profit fund were largely in lockstep with each other. Both increased their international equities allocation by 1.6 per cent, decreased their Australian equities by more than 1 per cent and increased their alternative ...

Economic round-up: dust off the bear suit

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... indicators flagged a clear sell signal for the first time since the dotcom debarcle. Morgan Stanley's chief European equities strategist, Teun Draaisma, claims PE ratios are at an all-time and hazardous high of 20 times, and that investors have become ...

Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

... According to Cooper's figures, funds held by private equity firms equate with 1.75 per cent of the value of Australian listed equities. In Australia in 2006 buyout firms borrowed an average 6.5 times the target company's annual EBITDA, up from five times ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... in mostly higher Asian markets, helping to offset morning losses triggered by overnight sell-offs in US and European equities. The Hang Seng Index ended at 20,800.16, down 18.45 points, or 0.09 per cent. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket fell over 1 per cent ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... BHP Billiton rising 13 cents to $33.06 and Alumina up 12 cents to $8.01. Rio Tinto fell 65 cents to $95.50. Director of equities at Intersuisse Andrew Sekely said the market was had edged lower from its early session losses. "The movement in the market ...

Westpac structured equities team moves over to CommSec

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
Westpac's structured equity investments team, led by Suzanne Salter and Mogsheen Jadwat, after quitting the bank on Friday, are moving to CommSec so they can help muscle up CommSec's structured products department. Salter and Jadwat, who started working ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... Nikkei added 80.39 points to finish at 18,053.81. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks swung to a 0.5 per cent gain after mainland equities reversed sharp losses and oil shares climbed on rising crude prices, with CNOOC hitting a fresh record. The Hang Seng ...

Super returns climb back driven by global shares, property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
Improving international equities and property markets have helped super funds recover their returns to an average 12.2 per cent for the year to end April, up from 10 per cent as at end March, according to SelectingSuper. In the latest SelectingSuper ...

Tyndall completes equities team shuffle

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
Tyndall has completed a review of its equities team, resulting in the appointment of a new analyst, the creation of a deputy head of equities role and internal promotions. Previously head of research, Warwick Cumming has been promoted to the new role ...