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Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... LONDON - Europe's major stock markets gained ground on Monday, boosted by the weakening euro against the dollar, and as traders monitored escalating violence between Russia and Georgia. In London the FTSE 100 index added 52.6 points, or 0.96 per cent ...

New Aus Ethical CIO aids expansion strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... Commonwealth Bank of Australia as institutional markets and services executive manager. During this time, he supervised a team of traders and analysts in developing new investment and risk products, in addition to managing a substantial securities portfolio. ...

Traders join iPhone revolution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
As scores of Mac fans queue outside the Sydney Apple store for their iPhones, online banking giant CommSec and CFD provider IG Markets join the Mac revolution by enabling trades through iPhones. Rather than just accessing a website through the iPhone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... about the financial health of two big mortgage finance firms and Lehman Brothers. On the positive side of the ledger, traders said Dow Chemical's move to takeover a rival firm and a better-than-expected sales report from retail titan Wal-Mart had helped ...

Allianz wheels insurance for motor trade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... corporate affairs general manager. "We have targeted 29 of the most common non-dealer small and midsize enterprise motor traders from auto electricians to hand car washes. The new Motor Trades Pack is designed to offer the flexibility of 15 covers in ...

Liquidnet trading reaches $1 billion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... individuals for whom they invest," said Stephen Zilioli, Liquidnet co-head. Sam Macqueen, Liquidnet co-head, said local traders were frustrated at having to trade wholesale volumes in a retail orientated market. "Our local success demonstrates the demand ...

CMC launches online trading platform

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... Stockbrokers in January, is hoping the new service will make share trading more accessible, timely and efficient for its traders. The launch of the new service marks the first venture CMC Markets and Andrew West Stockbroking set as part of their combined ...

US dollar slips after Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... had stood at 5.25 per cent. Though lower interest rates can spur a nation's economy, they can weigh on its currency as traders transfer funds to countries where they can earn higher returns. "The markets were expecting this, so while the dollar has weakened ...

Hedge funds post worst Q1

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... quarter, as these regions attempted to insulate from the global credit crisis, the report said. "Macro emerging market traders who entered the year with relatively light portfolios started to cautiously build up positions during February," the report ...

AUD to fall in second half of 2008: KBC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... against the US and this will see our bond rates come back, which will be followed by less interest in the AUD by currency traders. This should start to play out by the second half of this year, it said. The impact on the Australian economy due to Asia's ...