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DKN suffers drop in platform flows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... and product solutions over the year, down by 40% from the full year 2010. DKN attributed the fall to "lower investor confidence, uncertainty arising from impending regulatory changes and the loss of one medium-sized wealth management practice from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... boosted by hopes for progress in both the eurozone and US debt crises while solid company results bolstered investor confidence. Dealers said sharp gains overnight on Wall Street after US President Barack Obama welcomed a major bi-partisan deal on tackling ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... beating on Monday as the debt-ceiling battle in Washington and the broadening debt crisis in Europe weighed on investor confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 94.57 points (0.76 per cent) to close at 12,385.16. The broader S&P 500 dropped ...

ASIC heats up insider trading investigations

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... concerns about potentially disruptive execution strategies and algorithmic trading issues. "ASIC is building investor confidence by ensuring Australian financial markets are efficient and fair. We are doing this through thorough surveillance of the market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... Stockbroking director Richard Herring described the market as tepid, with leads from offshore doing little to inspire investor confidence. "The US dribbled off a little bit last night and European markets were significantly weaker," he said. "Volumes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... US economy was picking up momentum. An IMF downgrade of its US growth forecast alongside a weakening in an investor confidence survey in Germany added to the negative tone. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed down 1.47 percent at 5,964.47 ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... changes to bank regulation are unlikely to be effected. These forces are not expected to translate to changes to investor confidence, unless the new NSW government carries through with its threat to tear up the NSW electricity generation sales contracts. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is trading at six-and-a-half month lows at noon, with investor confidence low due to instability in world markets and the effects of the crisis in Japan. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 6.7 points lower at ...

Dealer groups stay with Japan, eye opportunities

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... negatively affected by the additional volatility. However, BlackRock Investments said that while short term investor confidence and markets will be negatively impacted, it does not foresee big changes in the underlying trends in Japanese asset prices ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... reports tell of rising tensions in Bahrain. So much so that it wouldn't be an understatement to declare that investor confidence had been shattered - stabbed to death like Caesar. Investors hate uncertainty... and this is one big helluva uncertainty. ...