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Legal risks pose social media stumbling blocks

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... Wells said at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium last week that half of investment management providers are still in discovery mode when it comes to social media... and understanding just what this social media is and what it can do for them. She said ...

Malware attacks Chinese walls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... Shanghai World Expo as a platform to offer their fund products are vulnerable to email-related security breaches after the discovery of a malware that targets the mailing list of the Expo's would-be attendees. Security software provider Trend Micro posted ...

OAMPS hires former AXA manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... Meysztowicz, as general manager of the firm's life division. Prior to his role as state manager, Meysztowicz managed AXA's Discovery program, which generated $2 billion in new sales and recruited 180 financial advisers. The insurance broking firm wants ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... Petroleum put on $1.98, or 3.9 per cent, to $52.80 as it looks set to reap some of the benefits from a new oil field discovery off Africa's west coast. Oil Search added 10 cents to $6.50 and Santos gained six cents to $15.60. Telstra shares were up four ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... Superannuation FX 2009 survey. Companies holding general meetings include Laserbond Ltd, Objective Corporation Ltd, Q Ltd, Discovery Metals Ltd, Westralian Gas and Power Ltd, Mirabela Nickel Ltd, Greenland Minerals and Energy Ltd and AnaeCo Ltd. On Wednesday ...

ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... volatility in global financial markets and the potential damage from aggressive short selling against the loss of price discovery and market efficiency in making its decision. Other regulators and many market participants were consulted on the decision ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... Association (AIMA) said the ban might promote further volatility. "We're concerned that without any short selling, price discovery for many ASX stocks is actually in disequilibrium and as a consequence, many stocks will exhibit increased volatility," ...

ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... UK and USA, this cautious approach is warranted. ASIC believes that any possible loss of market efficiency or price discovery as a result of this additional short period of review is therefore justified," ASIC said in a statement. The regulator maintains ...

Hedge funds hit by shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... with the banks. "While the regulator continues to ban short selling, both widespread market liquidity and true price discovery is being undermined. This creates a significant moral hazard for the takeover parties and the government should investors invest ...

No more parachute payments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
The debate on chief executive pay heats up after the discovery that senior executives in many of the banks the government had to bail out were in line for fat parachute payments just as they were negotiating a rescue package for the company. Dexia's ...