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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... per fine ounce, up $US5.25 from Tuesday's local close of $US1,661.15 per ounce. National turnover was 393.6 million securities worth $540.1 million, with 293 stocks up, 294 down and 258 unchanged.

ASIC warns of hybrid securities risks

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
ASIC has flagged warnings about the risks and complexities of hybrid securities, urging consumers to tread carefully and not be blindsided by promises of high yields. Hybrid securities are one way for companies to borrow money from investors, while ...

ANZ CEO sells shares to fund debt, tax

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... executive officer Michael Smith has sold $10.8 million worth of shares in the bank. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Friday, ANZ said that Smith sold the shares "to fund a forthcoming income tax payment and to repay debt." ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... $US1,672.80 per fine ounce, up $US8.55 from Friday's local close of $US1,664.25 per ounce. National turnover was 261 million securities worth $528.2 million, with 384 stocks up, 177 down and 236 unchanged.

UK to ban exotic retail investment products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... involve 85,000 ordinary retail investors. Underlying assets of the product class include traded life policy investments, securities issued by special purpose vehicles, fine wines, crops and timber. "While we have found problems with a number of sales ...

Fed's about to go... or not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... also decided to continue through the end of the year its program to extend the average maturity of its holdings of securities as announced in June, and it is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency ...

Soros family office buys into Man United

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... arm, Quantum Partners. News of the purchase surfaced yesterday after the Financial Times cited a filing with the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). Soros now owns more than three million shares in the team, making him one of the largest investors ...

Wake up call for instos on staff retention

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... eFinancialCareers, is a global career site network for professionals working in the investment banking, asset management and securities industries.

Commbank knew of potential Storm collapse: lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... meltdown, said AAP. The Commonwealth Bank has rejected this allegation. The trial will run alongside the Australian Securities & Investments Commission's (ASIC) action against the Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie and Bank of Queensland. ASIC has been prosecuting ...

Break ASX clearing monopoly: Chi-X

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... activities from the time a commitment is made for a transaction until it is settled. Settlement is the delivery of securities from one party to another. In a recent submission to ASIC, the ASX said if dark pools trading are not regulated properly, it ...