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NASDAQ cancels over 250 trades

NASDAQ RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... plunge overnight. The Dow Jones Industrial index fell 9 per cent or close to 1,000 points overnight. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) was spooked by the events, falling more than 2 per cent in early morning trade. The rumour mill spun into overdrive ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... turn leading to claim and counterclaims that required some mining companies to issue clarifications to the Australian Securities Exchange. The MCA's Henry Review submission stated that "Consideration is being given to introducing nationally consistent ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... loss selling from one stock to another, from one market to another. Representatives of the major US exchanges and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are still doing the autopsy on last night's crash. But early evidence suggests that the conclusion ...

Challenger buys Credit Suisse funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... credit sector. As part of the deal, Challenger snapped up five Credit Suisse credit investment funds and two real estate securities funds. Credit Suisse's credit investment business currently has $1.5 billion in funds under management, which will become ...

INGIM senior portfolio manager resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... portfolios. Mehmet's resignation follows the departure last month of Justin Blaess, previously director of INGIM real estate securities but has joined Deutsche Bank as director in the firm's real estate team. In December, former chief executive David ...

INGIM builds distribution from ground up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... invested in equities. They also have products across other asset classes including in fixed income and global property securities. Globally, the group oversees $550 billion in FUM, making it one of the world's top 20 largest fund managers. The parent ...

Gunns freezes MIS offerings

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... worse when ASX-listed Forest Enterprises Australia Limited entered voluntary administration last month. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission released a consultation paper last month aimed to improving disclosure to retail investors by responsible ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... shed $1.81, or 2.62 per cent, to $67.19 and Fortescue Metals was down 23 cents, or 5.24 per cent, to 4.16. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said sentiment from Monday was again at play despite an optimistic opening. "The resources ...

Future Fund tops up alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... from last year. Infrastructure now sits at $2.1 billion, compared with $1.5 billion late last year. Meanwhile, debt securities make up 22 per cent of the fund at just under $14 billion, down 3.4 per cent compared to three months ago ($15.7 billion). ...

Fundies caught in $5m heist

SFC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... in the country ever again after it caught the fund's directors guilty of insider trading - twice. Last August, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) applied for an injunction order to freeze up to $4 million (HK$29.9 million) of assets of the fund ...