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Broker jailed for false trades

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... Commission Act. Between 3 May 2006 and 26 March, while a senior client adviser at Macquarie Equities, Chan used a number of trading accounts to purchase more than 34 million BXP shares, worth over $6.1 million, via 904 separate transactions. It was accepted ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... day's closing bell. Readers of this space knew about this yesterday, Australian and Asian markets read about this ahead of trading activity in their own time zones. And yet, they opted to ignore the signal. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped 0.1 per ...

CFD health check prompts more oversight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... measures to improve the market's transparency, following a study that found consumers are still confused about the risks when trading CFDs. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) researched the CFD market last year as part of its 'healthcheck ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... dipped marginally into the red just before noon AEST. Overall, seven stocks were up for every five that were down in quiet trading and low turnover.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... made few moves before the start of second-quarter earnings reports. Alcoa Inc opened the weeks-long earnings season after trading ended, posting a net income of $US136 million ($A154.97 million) for the second quarter, compared with a loss of $US454 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... adviser Helen Spencer said both DuluxGroup and Orica had performed well in morning trade. "Orica's down $1.20 and Dulux is trading at about $2.70. That's certainly a very positive result for Orica shareholders who have held onto their Dulux entitlements," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... over the course of the week. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket extended its run of gains to a sixth consecutive trading day, though there was little corporate news to trade on until SkyTV revealed plans to buy the outside broadcast business it ...

ASX power handover to ASIC heralds new trading rules

PRESS RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Starting next month, investors will have to follow a new set of trading rules when regulator ASIC takes over the supervisory role historically held by the local bourse. Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law ...

Praemium preps more advisers to fee-for-service world

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... $40 billion in funds under advice. The new wrap allows investors to access 650 wholesale managed funds, direct equities trading, separately managed accounts, among others. It is designed to cater for an estimated 80 per cent of advisers, who are currently ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... of recent weeks, falling 0.25 per cent as investors remained cautious ahead of Agricultural Bank of China's blockbuster trading debut next week, traders said. The Shanghai Composite Index was down 5.97 points at 2,415.15 on turnover of 50.4 billion yuan ...