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IRESS acquires UK fintech businesses

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... Kingdom as part of the strategy to develop its operations there. One of the businesses is Proquote Limited, a provider of trading, market data and connectivity solutions, owned by the London Stock Exchange Group since 2003. The acquisition also includes ...

IOOF appoints head of best advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... Hilton was at the heart of allegations first reported by Fairfax that there were cases of misconduct involving insider trading and front running within IOOF's research division, which provides investment research and analysis to the group's advisers. ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... to July from 1.3% in the previous month. This is almost where inflation expectations are. At the close of last week's trading the yield differential between the nominal 5-year US Treasury bond and 5-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... price of "made in other countries" dearer. Similarly, lower export growth provides further evidence of weakness in China's trading partners. In this environment, a cheaper currency could only do so much in strengthening export growth. Yes Virginia, it ...

FIIG offers Apple bonds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... DirectBonds list, the Apple bonds will now be available in minimum parcels of just $10,000, rather than the $500,000 minimum for trading in the institutional market. FIIG chief executive Mark Paton said offering Apple bonds was part of the company's ...

Super investment fees should align with CPI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... Australia's not as expensive relative to others as it first appears. She added other ways to save money include custody, FX trading, in interest rates and cash accounts on custodians. Rainmaker recently completed its 2015 Rainmaker super fund fee survey ...

Zero-margin platforms could target Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... Marginal Cost Society, Bravura's report notes the rise of fintech startups like Robinhood, which offer free solutions to trading customers, and overseas fund managers considering direct-to-consumer platform offerings with low basis-point investment fees ...

Countplus profit hit by end of loyalty payments

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... 2016/7 of 2 cents per share, fully franked and payable on 16 November 2015. "These annual results reflect a challenging trading environment in the small business sector, which is the target client base of our member firms," said Phil Aris, chief executive ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... business. We had to sell them on, 'Well, what is your value proposition and why would we trade with you versus a bigger trading house?' That was a great experience for me and got me my foot in the door to stockbroking." Three years later, in 2001, Hallifax ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... countries except for Japan had returned over 7%. How about Australia's own exposure to Asia? China is Australia's main trading partner and some Australian companies depend so much on Chinese demand that some investors use Australia as a proxy to invest ...