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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... such as the GDP numbers and the general disquiet with what's happening in Europe," he said. "That's translated here in pretty savage lashing for the usual stocks. The banks are down and of course so are the resources." US stocks slid sharply, with the ...

AEI shareholders fight off board changes

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... blocks that included institutional shareholders. "They didn't get that many votes outside their own block, so shareholders pretty strongly rejected their proposals," said AEI chairman Andre Morony. AEI said that collectively, the group behind the vote ...

Vic to issue bonds to plug VisionSuper DB deficit

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... this. It's painful, but fact, because to an extent the VisionSuper side of it, subject to working through the issue, is pretty clear cut," he said. Financial Standard understands that the councils would go to market with bonds potentially underwritten ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... major elections in Europe over the weekend so the market's been fairly static," he said. "Also this time of the year is pretty quiet with the major institutions rolling off their books and tax selling so volumes are down which has added to the volatility ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... courtesy of Chicago Federal Reserve Bank president Charles Evans. Evans declared on Bloomberg TV that, "I've been in favor of pretty much any accommodative policy I've heard about" and that "extending the Twist would be useful". One can tell that the ...

Local DMA providers hit back

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... protection. "Australian companies don't want to take on their clients, as the MM model does, so we're saying, hang-on, we're pretty much being forced to take on our clients, crunch the data, find the losing clients, off which market makers make their ...

Wilson HTM appoints new head of private wealth

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... changing the landscape, information access is changing the landscape and FOFA is changing the landscape but I think we are pretty well positioned to continue delivering a unique range of strategic expertise to sophisticated investors who want to be educated ...

Industry questions RE concept after Trio collapse

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... although industry insiders have labelled the comment a rehash of an old debate. "While the report shared around the blame pretty evenly for the collapse and lack of prevention, there was little said about how to improve investor protection," said Harvey ...

SFG Australia appoints executive

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... worked with John in prior lives and I'm looking forward to being able to work with him again at SFG, and in what are some pretty tough and interesting times in our profession, said Tony Fenning, SFG Australia's managing director. "John brings a significant ...

UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... philosophical position, of which MySuper is a key plank, and I think that's something that the industry has broadly been pretty supportive of," said Ben Heap, head of UBS Global Asset Management Australia and New Zealand. "Super funds, dealer groups ...