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Traders join iPhone revolution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
As scores of Mac fans queue outside the Sydney Apple store for their iPhones, online banking giant CommSec and CFD provider IG Markets join the Mac revolution by enabling trades through iPhones. Rather than just accessing a website through the iPhone ...

CMC launches online trading platform

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Contract for difference (CFD) provider CMC Markets has launched a new online stockbroking trading platform, CMC Markets Stockbroking. CMC Markets, which scooped up Andrew West Stockbrokers in January, is hoping the new service will make share trading ...

SSgA exchange traded funds rise 33pct

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) is officially a billion-dollar industry for the local arm of State Street Global Advisors after the investment manager reported its "Spider" ETFs rose 33.1 per cent to reach $1 billion over the 12 months to May. It took ...

JV eases Opes Prime woes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... provide "execution only services" in equities, options and futures warrants for its clients, with contracts for difference (CFD) capabilities expected in the near future. Noosa based corporate advisory firm, Box Red will develop Trader Dealer's online ...

CFDs to act as shield: CMC

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Contract for difference (CFD) provider CMC Markets ups its stake in the financial planning industry and self directed self-managed super funds (SMSF) investors with the launch of its Shield Account product. According to Nic Blakemore, head of distribution ...

CMC poses new threat in online broking

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
Australia's largest CFD provider, CMC Markets, has completed negotiations to acquire non-advisory stockbroking group, Andrew West Stockbrokers (AWS), in the next step of its expansion phase - creating a new player in the non-bank broking industry. CMC ...

Opes Prime challenges Macq

Financial services provider Opes Prime has launched the Opes Prime Wealth Platform, an all-in-one retail prime brokerage service that will compete with a similar offering from Macquarie. The new service is tailored to the top end of the market which ...

CFDs move from off-market to exchange

... being listed on the exchange means the product is more transparent. "Using ABN AMRO MINIs, investors are assured that their CFD order will be placed exactly, promptly and anonymously on the exchange, eliminating market impact costs and risks of artificial ...

Australia as Asian hub a pipe dream

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... look at opportunities such as exchange-traded products, referring specifically to the ASX's upcoming listing of nine various CFD indices, of which FTSE had created two. "When you're entering a market, you want to have visibility, and we believe that ...

CFD traders to reach 50,000

The number of Contracts for Difference (CFD) traders in Australia have doubled to 31,000 over the year with another 27,000 intending to trade them over the next 12 months, according to a new study. Leading finance research firm Investment Trends has ...