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IRESS partnership aids RG 97 compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... of both IRESS and global financial technology company ITG will benefit from a faster and more comprehensive analysis of trading costs. Clients are faced with increasing demands for trading cost analysis from internal groups, regulators and external clients ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans former executives and fund managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... defendants had for their legal duties. Last week, the Sydney Local Court also dismissed 11 charges of procuring insider trading brought against a former Credit Suisse vice president by ASIC. Darren Wayne Thompson, a former vice president of the investment ...

Spreads reduced in bond trading facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Multi-asset trading and investment specialist Saxo Capital Markets is reducing spreads and increasing execution times for fixed income securities. The move comes six months after the launch of the firm's digital bond trading solution which covers more ...

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 ...