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ASX grants Chi-X access to TAS

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
The ASX Group (ASX) has decided to allow Chi-X Australia to use its new Trade Acceptance Service (TAS), with Chi-X signing a non-exclusive arrangement. By allowing Chi-X to use the system, investors will now be able to clear and settle transactions ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
In case you missed it, former US Federal Reserve Alan 'el maestro' Greenspan has just declared Greece dead - well, almost. No way out. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Greenspan declared that the "chances of Greece not defaulting are very ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... and all else in between that spells M-E-L-T-D-O-W-N. We were so full of it that at one point, I thought it was already October - you know, the time of the year when most spectacular stock market crashes happen. The US is deteriorating, Europe is imploding ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Hang on to your hats, for here we go folks. While the previous day's data releases provided some leeway for positive interpretation, fresh ones out overnight cannot - in any way - be lost in translation. It's therefore not surprising to see Wall Street ...

New talent celebrated with AFA award

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for its 2011 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award. The AFA's Rising star of the Year Award (Award) is designed to celebrate the talented newcomers in the world of financial advice. Established ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
Rolling, rolling, rolling. The bad news continue to roll - or rather people have convinced themselves, and others, that it's a bad, bad world out there and getting 'badder.' Pastor "prophet of the real doom" Camping's "rapture" might be coming sooner ...

BTFG new head of prac mgmt

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
BT Financial Group has appointed its new head of practice management with plans to expand its key planner services. Wes Hall will lead of team of 104 that will conduct reviews and consider products, quality and compliance across all BT brands with regulatory ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... Department revealed that durable goods order dropped by a bigger-than-expected 3.6 per cent in April - the most since October (before the Fed announced QE2). Non-defense orders excluding aircraft - that which is used as an alternative measure for business ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... gains - in the index of US leading economic indicators in April mean? Or the latest slump - to its lowest level since October --- in the Philadelphia Fed's measure of manufacturing activity? Or the biiger-than-expected 0.8 per cent decline in US existing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
The Australian market is set for a flat start after the release of weaker economic data in the United States and on weaker commodity prices. On the ASX 24 at 0655 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points lower at 4,749. In economics ...