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ANZ bids 20 times earnings for E*TRADE

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... deal with some tricky issues like whether it will maintain E*Trade's partnership with St George Bank and continuing to offer CFDs and what to do with E*Trade's 50 per cent owned institutional broking business Linwar.

Index funds basking in the glow of 6,000

... Though index fund investors might just want to hang on tight. James Foulsham, senior dealer at Contracts for Difference (CFDs) trading group, CMC Markets, said, "The general consensus is that there's still potential upside. Obviously, we're in the reporting ...

CommSec launches over-the-counter CFDs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
... made available to CommSec's experienced investment clients who were looking for more leverage, flexibility and convenience. "CFDs are becoming increasingly popular, and in response we have developed a competitive CFD trading product for our clients. ...

CFDs close in on share trading

Contracts for difference (CFDs), a derivatives product which came out of nowhere five years ago, are now the second most popular trading instrument in the country with the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) gearing up to launch their version next year. ...

CFDs account for 35 per cent of UK trades: GreensCFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
... transacting more than one million trades annually. According to Goran Drapac, managing director of GreenCFD, the boom in CFDs in Australia is being driven by dramatic advances in internet technology and because Australia has the right regulatory background. ...

Multi-broker trading platform launched by Bourse Data

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
... Trade, can already handle equities and options trades and by around mid-year it should be able to also handle futures and CFDs. Bourse Data also intends partnering the platform with online execution-only stockbroker Trader Dealer while CommSec is also ...

Surging CFD volumes pressuring online brokers

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) might be forcing the Australian online broking industry to consolidate. CFDs have grown increasingly popular among retail investors since they were introduced in Australia early last year. Similar to other derivatives ...

Share traders switch to derivatives

... benefits," said Mark Johnston, founding director of Investment Trends. Another key finding of the survey is that traders are using CFDs as a substitute for other derivatives such as Exchange Traded Options (ETOs), futures and warrants. "We expect this ...