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Planners sidelined for self-investing strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... the amount of money an investor would allocate to global equities depends on which generation they belong, and that day traders are less inclined to ask "experts" for stock advice. According to a survey of 500 active Australian equity traders, CMC Markets ...

Instinet close to signing two major transition mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... after Instinet launched its transition management service to the local market in June last year. "We now have offices and traders down here. Our goal by the end of this year is to become one of the top 10 brokers in Australia," he said. "If we were on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... report as a 7.6 per cent drop in sales of new homes in December brought concerns about how fast the economy is recovering. Traders were also paying close attention to a hearing on Capitol Hill where Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner answered questions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... The four-week average rose for the first time since August. The unemployment rate remained at 10 per cent last month. Traders said weakness in manufacturing also brought concern that the economy might not be recovering as quickly as hoped. The Dow fell ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... around 3.80 per cent so far this year. There are many possible explanations for the rise in long-term US yields. From traders switching out of the bond market and into riskier assets, to rising inflation expectations, to increased default risk due to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... from 3.43 per cent late on Monday. LONDON - European equities fell sharply on Tuesday, accelerating earlier losses as traders were gripped by concerns about Dubai's debt crisis, another credit downgrade for Greece and shrinking German industrial output. ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... clean up their balance sheets and clean out the management, you have created zombie banks that are only enriching their traders and executives. You are repeating the mistakes of Japan in the 1990s on a much larger scale, while sowing the seeds for the ...

Fidelity's Bolton back in the game

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... Fidelity has three portfolio managers managing Chinese equity funds supported by five research analysts and three equity traders. Bolton, like many of the star fund managers of late, has called China the investment opportunity of the next 10 years. He ...

Africa's PIC appoints Charles River

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... Financial Services Board (FSB)," said Leon Smit, general manager of fixed income and dealing, PIC. "Our portfolio managers and traders now know they can meet clients' varied demands with a more sophisticated approach. "For example, instead of manual ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... nervous, analysts said. Trichet indicated, however, that supportive stimulus measures must soon be unwound, prompting traders to buy the US dollar in a safe-haven stampede, pressuring oil futures lower. Energy stocks joined tech issues in the red. Energy ...