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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 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... domestic market had bounced back after last week's sluggish trading. "A number of large cap stocks that last week had a pretty unpleasant week are now getting some attention," he said. "I think there's a little bit of buying particularly in the top 20 ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... Discussions on cyberspace now revolve around what happens when - not if - Greece leaves the Eurozone. When that happens, it'll be pretty good for Greece. It'll be able to repudiate its debts and start all over again. Sure, it'll be pariah in the international ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... the same time, we have China PMI (purchasing managers' index) numbers to look out for so it seems like the event risk is pretty big at the moment. "After yesterday's big move high in the resources sector which took us near that 4,400 level, there's a ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... that's going to tighten fiscal policy quite significantly. This is another attempt to try to rationalise what is really a pretty poor political commitment to deliver a budget surplus next year irrespective of the economic circumstances. I think that's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... and resource prices. "Most asset prices pulled back and commodity prices have struggled," he said. "Resource stocks had a pretty bad open. They are struggling as well today." However, he expects the Australian market to consolidate this afternoon following ...