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ASIC divides to conquer

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will split its single enforcement directorate division into six and four of its 'silo' directorates into 17 stakeholder teams, in a bid to stay relevant with the fast evolving financial markets. ...

LPTs in bargain bin

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... lease terms remain steady despite the market downturn. "For the first time we're buying well below the value of the value inside the trusts themselves. Our model is predicting a strong 5 year rate of return going forward," he said. SG Hiscock & Co is ...

Algos trap rogue traders

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Algorithmic trading has traditionally been linked to trading orders and developing investment strategies - but the technology is now gaining traction as a way to catch white collar crime. According to John Bates, founder and general manager of Progress ...

CFA takes ethics inhouse

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
The CFA Society of Sydney has launched its Ethics and Financial Integrity workshop this week and intends to offer the program internally for finance companies in the coming months. "This is the first in a series of what we'd like to roll out on a more ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... selling, that it does need to be disclosed in a transparent way under the current corporations law," he told the ABC's Inside Business program yesterday. The lack of short selling regulation in Australia stands in stark contrast to how the practice is ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Amidst recent shake-ups in securities lending, director share trading, margin loans and short selling, IFSA and ACSI have joined forces to outline their views on how market transparency and disclosure should be rendered. According to the Investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... Stearns. The Hang Seng Index closed 1,356.30 points higher at 22,464.52. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed just inside positive territory, giving up most of its nearly 1 per cent gain earlier in the session and fading alongside 4 per cent ...

Austock teams with Cantor

When financial services group Austock Group decided to look for a partner in the US, it went all the way to the top when it signed an alliance with financial services giant Cantor Fitzgerald. Austock now has a direct link to Wall Street when it paired ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0637 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 70 points at 5215. Today, New Zealand retailer The Warehouse Group ...

Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
A higher number of ASX-listed company directors have failed to comply with share trading rules today compared to four years ago, raising questions on the prevalence of insider trading and the influence of the country's regulators. The number of top ...