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Shorting no longer needs a tick: SEC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
In an historic decision, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday voted 5-0 to remove an almost 70-year-old rule that banned investors from shorting stocks while the price was still falling. The vote removed the so-called 'tick test' ...

CFD traders to reach 50,000

... firm Investment Trends has released its 2007 Contracts For Difference (CFD) Report, an online survey of Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) investors and online brokers that attracted over 10,000 participants. Among the research highlights were that ...

No special rules needed for PE: FSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... Private equity associations and managers should also expect more official inquiries as the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has commissioned its own private equity taskforce, to be lead by the FSA. To download the FSA's report ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... points to 6286 on a volume of 14,723 contracts. Michael Heffernan, senior client adviser and strategist for Austock Securities, said the opening to the market was "very robust" after the long weekend. "We're up 0.6 per cent already and that's not surprising ...

Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

Regulation of private equity firms is unlikely to change, Jeremy Cooper, deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, told an industry conference this week. Cooper told the annual conference of the Securities and Derivatives ...

Public companies should learn from private equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... Weaven said growing influence of private equity will weaken the position of public companies and even the Australian Securities Exchange will "come under real pressure". To respond, public companies will have to manage themselves more actively and work ...

Centro direct property funds grow assets

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... guarantee. This ensures that each fund obtains effective exposure to direct retail property rather than more volatile listed securities in accordance with the investment mandate of each fund." Hayden added that the transaction was also positive on the ...

ASIC watching reverse mortgage materials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on reverse mortgage brokers to ensure advertising and promotional material is clear and not likely to mislead after citing five cases of problematic marketing. With the reverse mortgage ...

ASX preps for emissions scheme

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is gearing up to introduce a futures market for emissions following the government's decision to introduce an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). ASX has welcomed the move and said it will provide business with certainty ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... continues to support the no rate rise' (case) when the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) meets tomorrow." Today's TD Securities/Melbourne Institute inflation gauge rose 0.1 per cent in May, suggesting an annualised rate of inflation of 2.6 per cent. This ...