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ASIC highlights CFD compliance issues

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission review of client money handling and reconciliation practices has shown non-compliance by a number of issuers of over-the-counter contracts for difference and margin FX derivatives. The Australian Securities ...

Investor appetite for risk continues to flat-line

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... Orrock, chief executive officer at GBST Broker Services and Financial Services. "We have also seen a demand for hybrid securities and it shows that people are now looking for income above and beyond capital growth," he said adding that the banks hybrid ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... Friday, The Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance of manufacturing index for May is due out, as is the TD Securities/Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for May. Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is due to release its index ...

ASIC sets sights on dark pools

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is exploring a range of alternatives to encourage dark pool participants to first trade on the lit market, issuing draft rules in June to propose requirements for demonstrated price improvement in ...

CalPERS awards Citi $28bn in securities lending assets

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
A securities lending auction of US$43 billion in US equities for the California Public Employees' Retirement System has awarded Citi exclusive borrowing access to US$28 billion of the assets. The auction was conducted in the by eSecLending, a global ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... to Bronner. And the Nordic markets' verdict? The OMX Stockholm 30 index rose by 1.7% overnight with yields on debt securities issued by the just downgraded Swedish banks - Nordea and Handelsbanken - dropping. It's a similar story in Norway -- the Oslo ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... cents at $7.75. Financial stocks on the Australian market were down 0.44 per cent. National turnover was million 415 securities worth $510 million, with 219 stocks trading up, 292 down and 281 unchanged.

Australian Ethical adds to equity team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... Investment Management as a senior equity analyst. Prior to joining Australian Ethical, Wade previously worked with LINWAR Securities, Ord Minnett and Investors Mutual specialising in the agricultural, biotech and energy sectors. He was responsible for ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... were 45 cents higher at $32.06 while Rio Tinto shares were 65 cent higher at $58.53. National turnover was 195 million securities worth $411 million.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... Resources, up 32.5 cents to $12.885, and News Corp, which gained 33 cents to $20.06. National turnover was 681 million securities worth $3.2 billion.