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Snowball re-brands for future

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... change was approved by shareholders at the group's annual general meeting in Sydney yesterday, after being given the green light by the regulator. SFG Australia managing director Tony Fenning told Financial Standard the new name reflected what was now ...

SSgA: Minimise volatilty to protect vulnerable investors

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... general equity markets are expected to remain choppy," said State Street head of active Australian equities Olivia Engel. "In light of this we are recommending institutional investors consider minimising volatility in their equity portfolios as one way ...

ACCC gives CBA Count acquisition the go-ahead

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... yesterday's decision from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to give the proposed acquisition the green light. Following market inquiries in the planning, mortgage broking, banking, superannuation and insurance sectors, the ACCC ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... cheering aspects of today's trading is the pick-up in volumes that we've seen," he said. "The last few days have been very light volumes." Mr McCarthy said local investors were weighing up solid company fundamentals on the Australian market against the ...

Research houses in regulatory spotlight

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... industry, and the quality of the advice they produce," said Medcraft. "Research is an important consideration for ASIC in light of our priority to promote confident and informed investors." Consultation Paper 171 also suggests that research houses lodge ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... government five-year bonds went at a yield of 6.29 per cent, the highest rate since since 1997. Ms Lee said there had been "very light volumes and muted price action" on the Australian market so far on Tuesday. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,782.80 ...

ASX's PureMatch gets ASIC green light

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
ASIC has given regulatory clearance for the launch of ASX PureMatch, the new high speed/low latency order book for trading the most liquid ASX-listed stocks and domestic exchange traded funds (ETFs). The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has now ...

Weekend worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... spent the 29-30 October weekend pondering whether the freshly minted euro accord (not of the Honda variety) would see the light of day. The Monday after saw equity markets give up some othe huge gain made the week before. We spent the 5-6 November weekend ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
The Australian share market is set to open higher after Wall Street rose on news Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would resign once a new budget was passed. At 0829 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 56 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... investors took advantage of Friday's rally to lock in profits. "We have probably seen a little bit of trading profit taken on light volumes at the moment while the market is probably sitting on the sidelines," RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell ...