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HFT and dark pools keep ASIC on its toes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
High frequency trading and dark pools are the biggest issues of contention in the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's extended consultation process on market integrity rules, according to one industry expert. Australian Securities and ...

German FM defends Euro

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
The Euro isn't the cause of Europe's economic woes and referring to it as a currency crisis misses the point, said the German foreign minister, Dr Guido Westerwelle, in a strongly worded speech to the Brookings Institution in the US last month. "The ...

Fund managers out-invest school kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... have to be attributed to my ability to learn from my mistakes in game one, where I failed to even make the top 100. A mistake I made then was not regularly keeping up with how my shares were going, and not selling them when the prices went up," said ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... and say, "so what"? Movements above or below 2% in the current environment are now considered indecisive trades. Make no mistake, you'll be reading gloomy headlines had the indices ended south of the zero line. And there were a-plenty - everywhere you ...

Those tight Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... next year. I wonder, wonder why? While Belgium and Germany have historically had high household savings rates, make no mistake, Ireland's being forced upon it. In 2007 -- before the GFC - Ireland had a zero savings ratio. The OECD predicts America's ...

Social media and the power of diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
The potential impact of social media on business and the myth of 'having it all' was up for discussion at yesterday's Women in Super event with guest presenter, social media mogul and media personality, Mia Freedman. Speaking of the power of social ...

Planners lack social media commitment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... consumer and the amount of information readily available is creating new opportunities for planners." Staggs said one mistake most planners were guilty of was signing up to a social media strategy without giving their approach any thought and giving ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
If I'm being slack, I'll be writing only one single sentence this morning - and that is, "what I said yesterday". Reports out of Europe continues to push (market sentiment) down while real stats out of America pull the other way. Europe push. European ...

Super strategy needed for retirees

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
Relying on a transition to retirement strategy is not enough, with a new approach to superannuation and changing income needs required to address a lack of understanding in super savings options, said an advice firm. According to Michael Hutton, wealth ...

FSS security breach strikes industry chord

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
Superannuation security is in the spotlight after the First State Super breach but major industry figures believe it is the perfect warning to other super funds of the dangers and the attraction of the super industry to potential hackers. Pauline Vamos ...