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AFMA urges ASIC to focus on market risk

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian Financial Markets Association wants the Australian Securities & Investments Commission to refine its proposed approach to dark pools, claiming it would lead to better targeted regulatory intervention in the market. Dark pools are orders ...

Social media trials in US continue

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... Twitter, however regulatory rules prevented more detailed use. At a recent Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) seminar in the US, Morgan Stanley confirmed that it is also developing a mobile application that will be able to ...

Gonski appointed new chair of Future Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... of the board who was reappointed in 2009 for three years. Harker is also a director of Australian Financial Markets Association Ltd and Investa Property Group, and would bring a "deep understanding of global financial markets, with substantial expertise ...

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... investing in or sponsoring a hedge fund or private equity fund, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. The rule is named after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker who proposed the new restrictions as an attempt ...

Research houses in regulatory spotlight

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... well as industry 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 ...

US adviser fiduciary rule stalls

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... Ken Bentsen, executive vice president of public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, told the New York Times. Problems surfaced when it was interpreted as meaning commissions would effectively be outlawed ...

Industry bodies unite to create Korea forum

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
The Financial Services Council has teamed up with the Australian Financial Markets Associations and Korean Financial Investment Association to establish a Korea-Australia investment forum. The three associations signed an agreement to create the investment ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... is risky business." Fed Governor Kevin Warsh also used his speech at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in New York to express his doubts. "I am less optimistic than some that additional asset purchases will have significant, durable ...

Citigroup hires Macq compliance exec

CITIGROUP MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... Society of New South Wales among other professional memberships. She is active in the Australian Financial Markets Association having chaired the Futures Industry Compliance Committee and been a member of the Anti-Money Laundering Committee and Heads ...

CFD health check prompts more oversight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... levels of this kind in the industry." Odes said the firm would work with ASIC and the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) to ensure any recommendations and benchmarks coming from this report are implemented.