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CMCRC launches regulator tool to test market "fairness"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has launched a tool for reviewing the impact of market design changes in capital markets, in a bid to defend against knee-jerk regulatory responses to crises. The Market Quality Dashboard enables ...

Europe a 'running sore' on global economy: Probyn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Europe may see 1% growth in 2014, but over the long-term its problems are far from over, according to State Street Global Advisors' chief economist Christopher Probyn. Speaking at today's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Probyn said ...

Fund manager criticises "rip-off" fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
The fees charged by the funds management industry are simply too high and cannot be justified, a veteran international equities stock-picker has said. Dundas Global Investors (DGI) chief executive Alan McFarlane has more than 30 years' industry experience. ...

New ATO powers to decrease SMSF 'delinquency'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Plans to increase the power of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to penalise self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) on a sliding scale will provide a more nuanced way of penalising 'delinquent trustees', according to Superannuation Australia's ...

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Institutional investors should update their environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards to limit investment in private equity firms that make use of the controversial leveraged buy-out (LBO) strategy, according to social policy network Catalyst. ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
High frequency traders (HFTs) improve market fairness by reducing end-of-day price dislocation, new research from the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has found. CMCRC examined data from 22 exchanges from around the world, from 2003-2011 ...

Franking credits hindering corporate bond market: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
The franking credit system is hindering the development of a vibrant corporate bond market in Australia, according to AMP Capital's head of credit markets Jeff Brunton. Brunton said that franked dividends, which can provide a significant income particularly ...

'Funding Australia's growth' top priority for Murray Inquiry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

Ripoll rips into Abbott government's 'amateurism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
The Abbott government's attempt to take credit for Labor's SuperTICK initiative is "laughable and outrageous", according to Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll. Ripoll's comments were in response to a media release ...

Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013