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Instos willing to improve data management

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... volume, velocity and variety of data were the most pressing concerns. "The pace and volume of change in the financial markets are pushing institutional investors to become more nimble and wield data strategically," State Street Global Exchange executive ...

Transaction-based fees hurt private banking clients

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... their clients' portfolios to generate commissions. Australia, along with the US, lags behind other sophisticated financial markets which have moved to a fee-for-service or performance-based remuneration some time ago. Credit Suisse, which administers ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... will capture more of the current services of 401(k) and IRA providers," noted the Securities, Investments and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). But similar to reactions to arguments in Australia and the UK within the advice sector that they should ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... the outlook. Our purchases are tied to what happens in the economy. We have no deterministic or fixed plan."...financial markets saw it under the prism of what now turned out to be Jon's joke. He was at it again yesterday, relaying his thoughts on the ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... "Don't fight the Fed!" I re-introduced this old saying on Wall Street at the end of last week to characterise the financial markets' behaviour du jour. The S&P 500 surely doesn't want to -- it closed at another fresh record high last week...and could ...

Investment industry urged to put society first

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... superannuation funds, especially with the current movement to in-source investment capabilities." Smith is concerned that financial markets have decoupled from their core social purpose of transferring capital from those who have it to those who need ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... calmer their financials are. This, in turn, has allowed the economy of the United Kingdom to make great strides. Financial markets now expect third quarter UK GDP growth to accelerate to 0.8% from 0.7% in the previous three months. The rising momentum ...

Future Fund boosts exposure to global equities, infra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... also selectively selling assets we deem as becoming fully priced," Burgess said. Burgess added that "although financial markets may, from time to time, become volatile as policy settings are altered, as a disciplined long-term investor we will continue ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The US Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has released its assessment report of their Wall Street cyber attack simulation and while it confirms their protocols performed adequately, it was the soft attack weapons that were ...

ASX launches S&P/ASX200 VIX futures

STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... Jones Indices, said: "The launch of S&P/ASX VIX futures is set to change how investors can measure and trade the financial markets in Australia." "Combining the premier global measure of market volatility, the VIX, with the principal Australian equity ...