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The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Falling US dollar equals increasing risk appetite? Hmmm...seems strange. The greenback fell to 14-month lows against major currencies last week before Big Ben Bernanke wagged his finger -- warning that, "The time will come when we have to tighten...We ...

ANZ buys RBS businesses for $687 million

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
ANZ forges its presence in Asia when it bought several banking and wealth management businesses in the region from the Royal Bank of Scotland for $687 million. According to an ASX release this morning, the acquisition includes the RBS retail, wealth ...

Cost of share trading spikes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The cost of trading Asian and Australian equities rose by 150 per cent last year compared to a year ago after bid-ask spreads widened to abnormal levels during the credit crisis, according to research. Trading cost data and analysis provider ITG released ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
With the US economy entering its second year of recession, investors need all the best wishes for the New Year to come true. The problems of 2008 have not gone away - they have worsened. The reason why the equity markets' cheery welcome of 2009 faded ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... Airlines (Singapore, Travel & Leisure), Singapore Telecommunications (Singapore, Telecommunications) and Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Indonesia, Telecommunications). The index is calculated in US dollars and is reviewed quarterly in March, Jun, September ...

Asian banks still insulated from sub-prime

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
While the sub-prime disaster caused chaos in developed world credit markets, the Asian banking system continues to weather the storm amazingly well. Moody's Investors Service said the ratings outlook for many banks is generally stable and for some it's ...

Resources boom has only just begun

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
Anyone needing convincing that the resources and commodities boom only has years to run should listen to Rio Tinto describe the insatiable worldwide demand for minerals. Tom Albanese, chief executive of Rio Tinto, speaking at yesterday's Australia-Israel ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
The Australian stock market has opened higher today on the back of record oil prices and a better performance on Wall Street overnight. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 76.7 points, or 1.42 per cent, to 5477.1, while the broader All ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
The Australian share market opened down this morning, then slipped lower in early trade, following yesterday's record close achieved on the back of strong retail performances. The bourse was dragged down by a weaker Wall Street and falling commodity ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
The pay packets of management are back in the spotlight with news that the average salary of chief executives in Australian chief executives has risen by about three hundred per cent over the last couple of decades and that within the top 50 companies ...