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'Twilight pool' block trading venue to launch in 2015

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... institutional investors is set to launch in the first half of 2015, exclusively for institutional investors trading in blocks of $1 million and above. Developed by BestEx, the new venue will be called Block Event. It positions itself between lit pool ...

Senate grills ASIC after it blocks 250,000 websites

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will face a Senate grilling after blocking a quarter of a million websites when it was seeking to prevent access to sites associated with investment fraud. A public hearing by the Senate Communications ...

Market Wrap AM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... indices retreated from their peaks as Alibaba began trading before 1600 GMT. LONDON - London's stock market jumped out of the blocks early as investors welcomed Scotland's rejection of independence from the United Kingdom, but European stocks overall ...

Liquidnet increases access to India equity trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... Exchange (BSE) through a locally licensed broker. "Liquidnet members, no matter where they are located, can today trade large blocks in 43 markets globally in a safe environment where they can control their trading experience," Liquidnet chief executive ...

Intra-fund advice exemptions in doubt

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
Industry super funds could face stricter rules around block charging members for financial advice if the Senate blocks the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has said. Singling out exemptions ...

Liquidnet appoints Asia-Pacific COO

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... time when we are performing strongly in the region with record growth, led by ongoing demand from members to access large blocks of natural liquidity," Porter said. "Andrew's appointment will allow Liquidnet in APAC to move to the next level as we pursue ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... products. In a new publication, Global equity investing: Insights into a better portfolio, Towers Watson said the building blocks of equity portfolios have evolved beyond market cap-weighted passive equity and active management with a third pillar - ...

Infrastructure key in battle against SMSF exodus

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... demonstrates amply just how badly we are failing to capture our natural advantage." There are, however, well-known stumbling blocks to more infrastructure investment. While illiquidity risk is not as serious an issue for big industry funds, which traditionally ...

Liquidnet appoints sales manager for Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... Australia's first institutional only trading networks to allow managers to directly, anonymously and efficiently trade large blocks of stocks without being penalized by market impact costs associated with large trades," Chatfield said.

Praemium returns to growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... acquisitions of WealthCraft and BlackRock's SMA platform (also known as the Customised Portfolio Service) add key building blocks to our existing product suite, with the returns on these investments already evident. "With a strong uplift in profitability ...