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CFD health check prompts more oversight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... and complaints by retail investors. CFDs allow investors to bet on future changes in the market price of a share or commodity or the value of an index or a currency exchange rate. Most CFDs are sold over the counter (OTC). "Our healthcheck study shows ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... was 30 points lower at 4,232. Economic news scheduled for Thursday include the Reserve Bank of Australia's index of commodity prices for June and the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) for June. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... Australian stocks rose to the highest level in a month by noon, as the banks and large miners gained, after US stocks and commodity prices rose overnight. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.1 points, or 1.11 per cent ...

The future according to Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... to Ben. Spoken like a real trooper. With these words, Big Ben appears to have calmed financial markets - equity and commodity markets rose and the euro rebounded. It's all good. This is what a central banker - "the" top central banker - is meant to do. ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... snowballed into a worldwide financial market panic. Nervy investors are opting out of risky assets. This sends equity and commodity markets falling and lifting borrowing costs for deficit-ridden countries - resulting in a confirmation of investors' fear ...

CFSGAM targets global trends with commodities fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... population growth, demand for biofuels and the emerging 'middle class' to make a return for investors. The CFSGAM Global Soft Commodity Share fund, launched yesterday, invests in companies involved in the production, processing and distribution of soft ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... official interest rates. The bank is scheduled to announce its decision at 1430 AEST. The RBA also releases its index of commodity prices for May. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases retail trade and building approvals data, both for April. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... lead we got from Wall Street on Friday." The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 1.19 per cent on Friday, while commodity prices also fell. The resources and financial sectors were leading the losses on the local market. BHP Billiton was down 47 ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... manages Beijing's US$2.4 trillion worth of foreign exchange reserves -- the world's biggest. The euro, equity markets, commodity markets and other risk assets rallied -- big time and... no questions asked. Their future is now safe with SAFE. SAFE manages ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... points higher at 4,524 points. Australian shares suffered their biggest one day fall in 18 months on Monday, amid lower commodity prices and fears of spreading contagion from debt-ridden Europe. In economics news on Tuesday, The Reserve Bank of Australia ...