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HFT and dark pools keep ASIC on its toes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
High frequency trading and dark pools are the biggest issues of contention in the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's extended consultation process on market integrity rules, according to one industry expert. Australian Securities and ...

OnePath wins LGsuper mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
LGsuper has appointed OnePath Life as the fund's group insurer effective from July 1 this year. The appointment, which represents an increase of more than $20 million to OnePath's annual premium, was the result of a tender process in late 2011 following ...

APRA MySuper changes burden for industry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
The proposed level of involvement by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in commercial arrangements between super funds and employers under the new draft MySuper Bill is unnecessary and inefficient, according to retail bodies. Submissions ...

Lloyd new Perpetual CEO, Ryan steps down

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
Geoff Lloyd has been appointed new chief executive officer and managing director of Perpetual Limited following Chris Ryan's exit over the weekend. Lloyd has overseen the restructure of the organisation's retail distribution arm since joining Perpetual ...

CFSGAM strengthens Aussie equities core team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed Gates Moss senior analyst within the Australian Equities, Core team. Moss will cover the large cap materials sector and will contribute to stock selection in all Australian Equities, Core portfolios. ...

Planners double allocation to term deposits

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
Allocation to term deposits from financial planners more than doubled over 12 months to November 2011, according to wealth researcher Investment Trends. Planners invested 28% of client inflows in cash and term deposits in the 12 months to November 2011 ...

Surging institutional interest in frontier markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
A new global equity model from MSCI-owned Barra is factoring in frontier markets, as institutional interest again returns to the subset of emerging markets. While interest in the markets dissipated during the global financial crisis in a flight from ...

Eyes turn to monetary policy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
Australian GDP growth will slow this year shifting the focus back to monetary policy and Macquarie Group chief economist Richard Gibbs forecasts the RBA will respond with two more rate cuts during 2012. Gibbs was speaking at the 2012 Financial Standard ...

Bold predictions of US recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
The US economy is bound for recovery this year on the back of stronger fundamentals, the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum heard this week. Dr Bob Baur, chief global economist for Principal Global Investors pointed to positive indicators in ...

Retail advice industry needs new models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Super funds providing simple advice at a lower cost for clients is leaving advisers playing catch-up, according to an advice technology expert. FOFA will leave advisers needing to profitably service C&D clients in a fee-for-service environment if they ...