Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1721 - 1730 of 6096 results for "Trading"

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... mind last week's talks of the impeachment of Trump (the one that sparked a self-off around the middle of the 15-20 May trading week). It appears that the US Federal Reserve has taken back the economic agenda from Trump. While financial markets already ...

Macquarie to pay $2m following ASIC probe

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... occasions between 2008 and 2013, Macquarie employees disclosed confidential details of pending client orders and Macquarie trading activity to third parties, and spot FX traders traded in such a way that could have caused the trigger price to trade when ...

Colonial First State upgrades managed accounts offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... release will complement existing multi-manager and model portfolios on offer. Clients will benefit from brokerage fee-free trading within their managed account, and won't incur any additional platform administration fees when accessing the new solutions. ...

Liquidnet acquires global tech firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... financial institutions worldwide. Liquidnet said the acquisition will assist its buy-side clients in making better-informed trading decisions through the lens of the EU's new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) regulation. MiFID ...

Former adviser launches sustainable trading platform

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
An online trading platform which uses environmental, social and governance data to help retail investors screen for stocks based on sustainability factors is set launch in the coming months. The H2 Ventures backed start-up, Goodments, founded by former ...

ASIC bans former Avestra directors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... More recently, an ASIC investigation has led to the winding up of another investment manager: Courtenay House Capital Trading Group. The Supreme Court of NSW has made consent orders and appointed Grant Thornton to liquidate two Courtenay House companies. ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... banks. Peru's materials, semi-agricultural and infrastructure companies are also of high interest. Both countries' main trading partner is China. He says Columbia has a focus on oil and infrastructure, while Mexico is focused around manufacturing and ...

Board changes at Sandon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... shareholder strategies' in selecting small to mid-cap Australian companies to its portfolio by engaging with companies trading below intrinsic values. This usually involves proposing changes to companies' corporate governance, operations, and management ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... the budget measures themselves. Throw in assumptions for global growth, the progress (or otherwise) of Australia's major trading partners, geopolitical uncertainties (trade war mongering by Trump), commodity prices, exchange rates...and we have a minefield ...

Strong quarter for CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia reported a strong quarterly performance, according to a trading update released to the ASX. Assets under management rose by 6%, while funds under administration increased by 7% in the three months to March compared ...