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ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Australian equities stockbrokers who have excelled in the field of ESG research will be acknowledged in an awards ceremony to be held in Sydney later this month. The fourth annual ESG Research Australia Awards Luncheon is being held on 27 March (Wednesday) ...

HNW clients give brokers the 'thumbs down'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Failure by stockbrokers to adapt models to target what matters most to high net worth (HNW) clients has seen an exodus from traditional relationships. While the GFC and market volatility resulted in risk and capital protection being ranked most highly ...

BetaShares launches BEAR Fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... said the BEAR Fund is likely to have broad appeal to market participants ranging from retail, financial advisers, stockbrokers and fund managers with long only mandates. "The practice of shorting individual stocks, for example, can be difficult and expensive ...

AMP to acquire Cavendish

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Capital in a planner-focused strategic drive for growth that will also extend to individual trustees, accountants and stockbrokers. "This is about creating a new way of doing business. We have established a new business unit with the remit to quickly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... Australian Agricultural Company chief executive David Farley and ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft are due to address the Stockbrokers Association Conference in Melbourne. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower, dropping for a second straight day ...

Former Stonebridge broker banned for three years

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... client's account until 27 April 2010, contrary to the conditions of his employment. "This case demonstrates the need for stockbrokers, as gatekeepers to the financial markets, to maintain high standards," said Belinda Gibson, Deputy Chairman of ASIC. ...

Crowe Horwath eyes HNWI business

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... industry either through mergers or appointments. "Competition in the sector has become more intense as accountants, stockbrokers and super funds seek to enter the planning industry and could necessitate consolidation amongst the smaller practices to ...

FOFA heats up competition for planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... Financial planners may be squeezed out of the industry as competition heats up with the impending entry of accountants, stockbrokers and super funds, according to CoreData, with consolidation a likely outcome as smaller practices move to cut costs and ...

Research houses in regulatory spotlight

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... associations representing other research report providers such as the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) and Stockbrokers Association of Australia (SAA). In June, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services decided ...

ASIC investigations lead to charges, interim orders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... as an employee at his former workplace. Jonathan Kur, who was an authorised representative for Hogan and Partners Stockbrokers Pty Ltd, appeared in court last week, charged with 16 counts of fraud worth $8.8 million, and one charge of dishonestly using ...