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Market Vectors lists first Aussie banking ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
Market Vectors ETFs has listed four new Australian exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), including the first Australian banking and small cap resources ETFs. The listing brings the total number of exchange traded ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... Octobers over the last eight decades and less than a quarter the moves in 1929, 1987 and 2008, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Bank of America Corp.'s Market Risk Index that uses options to forecast fluctuations in equities, currencies and bonds reached ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Shutdown: Day 14 and counting...3 days to go till the US debt hits the ceiling. But wait! There's news just out. Washington, it seems, is gonna kick the can a little farther. It won't be 22 November as reported last week, it'll now be 15 Feb 2014. Reuters ...

IFM makes NY based appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

Washington watching Wall Street watch Washington

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... Westpac had added 62 cents, or 2.5 per cent, to $32.99, ANZ was up 56 cents, or 2.4 per cent, to $31.29, National Australia Bank had lifted 74 cents, or 2.2 per cent, to $34.91 and Commonwealth Bank had gained $1.32, or 1.9 per cent, to $72.12. In resources ...

Investor interest shifts to European credit

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... reasons for this are the fact that "Europe is gradually but surely leaving its problems behind with the European Central Bank becoming a lender of last resort and most countries reducing their structural deficit." "Economic growth is picking up and the ...

Two awards for Australian Ethical

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Australian Ethical Investment has won two business awards - a Banksia and Green Lifestyle award for outstanding commitment to ethics, the environment and financial performance. The first award from the Banksia Foundation, which is a not-for-profit that ...

Catastrophe bonds offer answer to asset correlation problem

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) offer investors returns completely uncorrelated to traditional assets, but so far, Australian investors have been slow to pick up on sector, which is tipped for strong growth in the coming years. Insurance-linked securities ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Metals had added four cents to $4.82. The major banks were slightly higher, with ANZ up 16 cents to $30.61, National Australia Bank up 15 cents to $34.41, Commonwealth Bank had lifted five cents to $71.07 and Westpac was seven cents higher at $32.24. ...