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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... three cent higher on Monday and at its highest level in seven weeks as resources stocks rose on the back of higher commodities prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 113.4 points, or 3.01 per cent, at 3883, while the broader All Ordinaries increased ...

Precious metals ETCs in vogue

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Investors wary of equity market volatility are flocking to precious metals exchange traded commodities - a sector that has seen substantial inflows following the GFC, said ETF Securities. ETF Securities has seen inflows surge into its physically backed ...

Adviser portfolios add commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Commodities is the new asset class in the Securitor Select Blend Portfolios. Pat Farrell, head of BT Investment Solutions and a speaker at last week's Securitor conference in Darwin, said commodities were included as an asset class of its own in the ...

Commodities trading accountant jailed

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The former accountant and company secretary of the now defunct commodities trading group Bustan gets a two-and-a-half-year jail term for cooking the books. Claire Horsman, who worked for the Bustan Group between 1999 and 2001 received the jail sentence ...

Back to the drawing board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... consistent, the adjustment process would have been smoother. Sure, we would have experienced a sharp decline in equities, commodities, economic growth, etc. but the pain would not be as prolonged, and the longer it goes, another dimension to the pain ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... Street. Lower commodity prices were driving resources stocks, he said. "Gold was up a bit stronger but the rest of the commodities were fairly flat last night, and that's certainly been reflected in the market," Mr Russell said. BHP Billiton was up 22 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... resources stocks lost momentum. BHP Billiton added 20 cents to $30.70, and rival Rio Tinto gained 13 cents to $49.93. "Commodities last night were mostly red, so you've got no lead from commodities," Mr Smith said. "The Chinese market's in a position ...

GSJBW appoints co-CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... Sachs in 1998 based in Hong Kong and London where he held a number of senior roles in the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) business. He then returned to Australia in 2001 and played an integral role in the merger to form GSJBW in 2003. ...

More bombshells before the recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
The prices of local shares, property and commodities will fall further in the coming months before the government's stimulus package kicks in and takes the market out of the doldrums, said the panelists of an industry briefing held this morning. Speaking ...

ETCs open on ASX

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
ETF Securities' suite of exchange traded commodities (ETCs) including platinum, silver and palladium can now be traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The firm announced its ETC range in November last year, includes ETFS Physical Platinum ...