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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... 4,060.49. Tuesday's losses came on a fairly quiet day for economic news, said Michael James, managing director at Wedbush Securities. James said the major economic report of the week would be Thursday's data on November monthly retail sales. LONDON - ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... futures contract was up 37 points at 5,190 points, with 14,207 contracts traded. * National turnover was 643 million securities worth $1.65 billion.

Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... to Part 9.4 AAA of the Corporations Act in a submission to the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). "Part 9.4AAA is limited and has, as yet, had little impact or implementation," Brown said. ...

Pension funds eye alternative credit strategies amid interest rate uncertainty

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Consumers find super 'mind-boggling', survey shows

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... "risky", "complex", "mind-boggling" and "stressful", according to a new consumer survey commissioned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The purpose of the survey, conducted by Latitude Insights, was to test the design of ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... that it gives traders an unfair advantage, manipulates markets and causes unexplained crashes. While an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) taskforce into HFT said in March that fears are unfounded, the regulator has recently introduced ...

"People who complain are gotten rid of": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... favouritism" which includes threats and harassment of employees. The testimony comes from a former employee of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) who worked in the regulator's stock exchanges operation from 2010 to 2013. The ...

ASIC urges transparency on fund manager surveys

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... index futures contract was 18 points lower at 5,236 with 9,303 contracts traded. * National turnover was 300 million securities worth $560 million.

Court approves The Trust Company acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... approval to the Perpetual takeover last week. Today is also the last day that The Trust Company trades on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) before Perpetual shares are transferred to The Trust Company shareholders on December 18. Shareholders ...