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ASIC bans ex-AMP adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... suffered a financial loss. Meanwhile, ASIC's Markets Disciplinary Panel slapped Macquarie Securities with a $505,000 fine for trading "recklessly." An investigation in 2014 found Macquarie customised the parameters of its concurrent bid-offer filter ...

Senior hires at Northern Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... Robert Arnott, Asia regional manager for the institutional brokerage business. McDonough has more than 20 years' experience trading Asia-Pacific equity markets on both the buy and sell side, working for firms such as ITG, Deutsche Asset Management and ...

JB Financial enters buyout mode

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... advantage," JB Financial chief executive Stuart McAuliffe said. The second proposed acquisition is Genesis Proprietary Trading, founded in 2016 and, JB Financial said, "highly complementary to JB Financial's existing broking operations." The non-binding ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... inflation peaked at around 2.1% in 2014 with global inflation averaging just a little below 4.0% (when oil prices were trading at around US$110/barrel). The subsequent drop in oil prices to below US$50 sent US inflation down to a low of negative 0.2% ...

A year on from Brexit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... fell significantly, the "hard data" held up very well. However, the honeymoon may be ending...Fears initially focused on trading and what access to the EU might look like in the future. However, even in a worst case scenario - reverting to WTO rules ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... futures prices for oil, headline inflation is likely to remain around current levels in the coming months." Brent oil was trading at around US$50 per barrel before the ECB's June meeting. It closed at US$44.68/barrel overnight. Not a good indication ...

MSCI adds China to indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... broad support from international institutional investors, as well as the Chinese stock exchanges loosening its global trading restrictions and pre-approval requirements. VanEck Australia managing director Arian Neiron commented the announcement is "a ...

VanEck launches floating rate ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... VanEck is launching a new floating rate exchange-traded fund on the ASX. The VanEck Vectors Australian Floating Rate ETF, trading under the code FLOT, is based on a portfolio of Australian floating rate notes (FRNs), or short-term bonds with variable ...

UBS cops $280,000 ASIC fine

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... to enable it to monitor and detect market misconduct in light of rapidly developing technology and increasingly complex trading strategies," ASIC said. "The provision of incorrect regulatory data to market operators impedes informed regulatory decision-making ...

Saxo Capital Markets expands solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
Trading and investing platform Saxo Capital Markets partnered with digital stockbroker OpenMarkets to allow easier investor trades in global securities. The firms' clients can now access the major US, UK, European and Asian markets by trading via a ...