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CMCRC launches regulator tool to test market "fairness"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has launched a tool for reviewing the impact of market design changes in capital markets, in a bid to defend against knee-jerk regulatory responses to crises. The Market Quality Dashboard enables users to quickly and ...

EQT reports lift in profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Equity Trustees (EQT) has announced a 16.3% year-on-year lift in half-year revenue and a 21.6% increase in net profit after tax for the six months to 31 December 2013. Net profit after tax rose for the second half of 2013 rose to $5.4 million from $4.4 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... has opened flat despite solid gains on Wall St overnight, while David Jones has jumped over news it received and rejected a bid from Myer last year. Earnings in the US have continued to progress favourably, buoyed by data showing the world's biggest ...

ATO considering tax haven reprieve

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014

OC picks up distribution head from BT

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... appointed John Clothier general manager of distribution. He will head up and build a new sales team within the group in a bid to capitalise on strong performance figures and recent platform inclusions. Clothier will also be responsible for introducing ...

Westpac trumpets infrastructure's 'annuity style' potential

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... stakeholder interests, governments should consider tendering initially for the long-term owner operator followed by separate bid for residual finance and construction," ISA said. Industry fund Cbus, meanwhile, focused on the illiquid nature of infrastructure ...

GPT Group bows out of CPA bidding war

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
GPT Group has conceded defeat to Dexus Property group and partner Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in the battle to buy the Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). GPT Group, which owns 11.72% of CPA, said in an announcement on the Australian ...

Financial Index offers $130m for Centric Wealth

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
Financial Index Wealth Accountants (FIWA) has entered into an agreement to purchase advisory firm Centric Wealth, in a move that will create one of Australia's largest financial advisory businesses not owned by a mainstream institution, with more than ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... taskforce into HFT said in March that fears are unfounded, the regulator has recently introduced new disclosure rules in a bid to improve transparency. Professor Aitken said that policy mechanisms, including trading rules, surveillance and enforcement ...

'Funding Australia's growth' top priority for Murray Inquiry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013