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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... cent fall in half year profit, but said it expects a full year result "broadly in line" with the prior year. Austock Securities senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said Macquarie had been "punished" lately, so any good news from the ...

Clash of the titans on housing bubble

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... bubble in Australia are misplaced, and to prove its point, announced that it is buying residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS). "While some commentators have claimed Australian housing has become a bubble, various RMBS features provide downside ...

Legalsuper unveils personal advice offering

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... industry funds to invest in financial advice resources for members, following last year's decision by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to allow super funds to provide members intra-fund advice. "Offering personal advice to legalsuper ...

Infocus planner banned by ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... advice to retail clients. The regulator found that Radovan, who, while acting as an authorised representative of Infocus Securities Australia Pty Ltd, recommended financial products to more than 30 clients between 2006 and 2008, and in a number of cases ...

INQ buys HUB24 for $20 million

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... clients to benefit from cost effective executions and management of trades while retaining beneficial ownership of securities for improved tax efficiency. The service acts as model manager recommending the model portfolio, broker executing the trades ...

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... major exchange become a mere divisional office to Singapore's, if the deal receives regulatory approval. Australian Securities Exchange shareholders have been offered an equivalent of $48 per share in a combination of cash and SGX stock, a 37 per cent ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... requirements, and foreign central banks looking to diversify their reserves, are often permitted only to hold government securities, so there is no public versus private choice for their investments. His views on 'crowding out' are supported by a recent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... contracts traded. Most market sectors fell, with major resources and bank stocks at least one per cent lower. Bell Potter Securities' senior client adviser Stuart Smith attributed the broad-based sell-off to global currency plays, which he said caused ...

AvSuper awards hedge fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... this year. Meanwhile, the fund recently terminated a $17.5 million investment with the Morgan Stanley Global Property Securities Fund. "We feel we'll get better returns by allocating the proceeds to international equities," said Griffiths. Fauchier Partners' ...

Demystifying the "flash crash"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... a recent inquiry into the abnormal market behaviour, the US Commodity Trading and Futures Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concluded that a large algorithmic sell order in futures markets, executed by a mutual funds ...