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Industry bodies welcome Code of Conduct update

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... arrangements to manage opt-in are best handled within a comprehensive professional code. The FPA Code solution to the opt-in problem removes the draconian two year termination requirement. Instead, it replaces it with a consideration of the suitability ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Bank of Japan's shift to a pro-business policy is a landmark decision, according to Nikko AM, which believes that the world's third largest economy is finally ready to deliver after two decades of sub-standard returns. Japanese equities have delivered ...

ASIC speeds up misconduct probe

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s latest report on the supervision of markets and participants shows that the regulator has significantly reduced the time it takes to start investigations of suspicious market conduct. Of ...

Bernanke pours liquid over Roman burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... the bond vigilantes that have them by the cojones. It's good that it happened though. It reminded markets that Europe's problem has just been relegated to the backburner - it's still got a long way to go before final resolution. It's helped temper market ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
The Australian sharemarket has opened almost 1.5 per cent weaker as former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's strong electoral showing sparked fears of eurozone instability. At 1026 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 75.1 ...

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... and other institutional investors to pose the Quantitative Enhanced Indexing approach as a potential solution to this problem," Thorn added.

Online risk applications surpass paper-based: Asteron Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Asteron Life research in 2012 revealed that the group was receiving three electronic-based risk applications for every two paper-based requests, prompting the insurer to redouble its efforts on addressing the technology aspect of providing risk advice. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... Australian Securities Exchange delayed the reporting of key market indices at the start of trade on Thursday, but the problem was resolved by 1030 AEDT, brokers said. IG Markets market analyst Stan Shamu said key resources stocks had tumbled after minutes ...

Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
Smaller developed economies look far more attractive investment propositions than traditional global investment centres such as the US, Europe and Japan, according to BlackRock's global chief investment strategist Russ Koesterich. Addressing journalists ...

Co-operation key to avoiding pain from ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... Hillary also recommends businesses report any potential regulatory issues to ASIC themselves, before they become a wider problem. "ASIC does not expect every business to exist without a breach, however, they like proactive stakeholders who deal with ...