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ASX chief to step down

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
ASX managing director and chief executive officer Robert Elstone is to step down in July next year, the company revealed today. In a statement to the exchange released ahead of its annual general meeting, chairman David Gonski revealed that Elstone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
The Australian market has received generally positive leads from offshore trading overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0715 AEST, the December share price index futures contract was 17 points higher at 4,715 points. There is no economic news ...

Snowball signs platform deal with CFS

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
ASX-listed Snowball Group has acquired revenue rights for the Symetry portfolio service platform from Colonial First State (CFS), and as part of the deal will now collaborate on its ongoing development. Snowball, which already has the majority of funds ...

AvSuper awards BEM mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
AvSuper has awarded a $120 million mandate to Balanced Equity Management, replacing a previous $75 million mandate with Arnhem Investment Management. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of the $1 billion fund, said the termination was part of an "Australian ...

SSgA ETF targets high yields

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
State Street Global Advisors has launched an Australian ETF aimed at investors looking for high yield. SSgA has introduced the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF, which seeks to provide investors with high and sustainable dividends. ...

Investors shun social media, for now

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Nearly 75 per cent of institutional investors and stockbroking analysts snub social media for investment research - but a minority group visits websites such as YouTube to analyse investors' attitude to brands and stocks they follow, new research shows. ...

S&P and ASX launch Aussie "fear index"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Standard & Poor's and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have launched an Australian version of the "VIX" volatility index, colloquially referred to as the gauge of fear on Wall Street. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX index will measure the expected volatility ...

Oasis Asset Mgmt to offer direct share trading

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
ING Australia has launched a new online direct share trading facility in response to rising demand from advisers for more investment choices on platforms. ING's specialist wholesale administration wrap platform, Oasis Asset Management, has launched ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Move on people, there wasn't a lot of shaking that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted ...

More governance needed on remuneration

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Super funds can do more to exert their influence on remuneration policies after new research suggests CEO pay packages barely changed despite the GFC. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) in its CEO Pay in the Top 100 Companies ...