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Study shows dark pools benefit markets at low volumes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Low levels of trading in dark pools actually improve market quality, according to a new study by Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC). The independent academic centre for capital market research's findings follow concerns from some traders ...

APRA takes Trio director to Court

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has started proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia seeking the disqualification of former Trio Capital director David Millhouse. APRA is asking the Court to disqualify Millhouse from acting ...

ASIC brandishes whip on dark liquidity and HFT

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
Dark liquidity and high frequency trading (HFT) will be subject to new regulation after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced its new market integrity rules. ASIC Commissioner Cathie Armour said the new rules will improve ...

FoFA FDS uncertainty remains

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation needs more changes to eliminate grey areas, but any modifications will have to be legislated to be meaningful. Fee disclosure statements (FDS) are one of the main issues of concern for financial advisers ...

New dark pool transparency rules introduced

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
New rules affecting dark pools and high frequency trading (HFT) have been introduced in a bid to improve transparency. Minister Assisting for Financial Services and Superannuation David Bradbury announced a package of market integrity rules just prior ...

Bank levy upsets senior lobby

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
Lobby group National Seniors Australia have criticised the government's plan to put a 0.05% levy on bank deposits in 2016, saying it will force pensioners into riskier investment alternatives. National Seniors Australia chief executive Michael O'Neill ...

Advice firms start to launch in post-FoFA regime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The financial services industry is starting to see the first advice firms launching after the start of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation and while the process is more rigorous now, newcomers have the advantage of being fully-compliant ...

ATO clarifies when a pension ceases

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Australian Taxation Office has issued a ruling confirming the conditions for when a pension ceases. The ATO issued the Ruling to explain when a superannuation income stream commences and when it ceases, and consequently when a superannuation income ...

Regulator taking a "facilitative" approach to change

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Australia Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft reiterated his support to the financial services industry as it grapples with the implementation of regulatory changes, saying that the regulator would take a "facilitative" ...

Best Interest drives advisers away from products

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
The Best Interest Duty provision of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation is designed to make planners give comprehensive advice in a process where recommending a product is "the last piece of the puzzle." At the end of the advice process ...