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ASX flags concerns over losing single operator status

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... important for policy makers to avoid a repeat of the unintended consequences that flowed from competition in equities trading in offshore markets. "If regulators are open to change this market structure, the onus must be on those advocating change to ...

Renewed appetite for Aussie stocks

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... by creation value - being Australian equities based. Renewed appetite for investing was also reflected in the average trading value, up 5% for the month. At $5.4 billion, total market cap is starting to test the Australian industry high of $5.45 billion ...

Further dark pool regulation premature: Fidessa

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Dark pools in Australia are too young for more regulation, said trading technology provider Fidessa, following a call from the ASX to tighten rules for off-exchange trades. Dark pools, which are generally unlicenced platforms for matching orders away ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... stocks inched down for most of Friday before the Dow Jones industrial average turned positive 45 minutes before the end of trading, ending up 42.76 points higher at 13,207.95. European stock markets slipped lower in thin trading, with poor Chinese trade ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... stocks inched down for most of Friday before the Dow Jones industrial average turned positive 45 minutes before the end of trading, ending up 42.76 points at 13,207.95. The Standard & Poor's 500 and the Nasdaq composite soon followed. The S&P 500 rose ...

HNW clients give brokers the 'thumbs down'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... remainder electing to manage their own investments, including fund selection, fixed interest investments and equities trading. "I had expected that my adviser would have given me a bit of thinking outside the square, but they didn't. It was basically ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Australian stock market has opened slightly higher after the New York stock exchange closed on a flat trading day. At 1020 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.5 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,311.8 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... 1,402.80, while the tech-rich Nasdaq put on a relatively respectable gain of 7.39 points (0.25 per cent) to 3,018.64. Trading drifted despite fresh economic data with a positive bent. US initial claims for unemployment insurance, an indicator of the ...

Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... much since yesterday - or for that matter, last month or even at the beginning of the year. Financial markets are already trading on known knowns. Euro disintegration? Check. China hard landing? Check. Limping US economy. Check and check and heck, financial ...

ASX calls on ASIC to regulate dark pools

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... trades in Australia. Dark pools are orders to buy or sell shares that are executed outside the transparent ''lit'' markets. Trading that occurs in 'lit' markets on the other hand, is pre-trade transparent markets operated by the ASX and the CHI-X. Australian ...