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Margin lending suffers from adviser misconception

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... 35% of the vote with line of credit being easier to organise earning 22% of respondents vote. Investment Trends advisory board member, Eric Blewitt, told Financial Standard that the effect of external factors on margin lending was surprising but that ...

UniSuper confirms working group

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... defined benefit funding issues raised last year. The announcement follows a meeting held last Thursday between the UniSuper board, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), the Community and Public Sector Union and two university employer groups. ...

Intersuisse/ Austock securities buyout goes ahead

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... Austock Property led by Nick Anagnostou and Austock Life led by Ross Higgins. The group will remain on the ASX. A number of board changes have come about "given the divestment of Austock Securities and the repositioning of Austock into a funds management ...

Stronger Super makes trustee role unappealing: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... performance was not as good as that of another MySuper product," Anderson said. The submission also questioned drafts on board composition, covenants relating to 'unfair advantage' and the proposed reform timeline. "The imposition of the proposed new ...

ESSSuper names new chief executive officer

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... will continue," said ESSSuper president Frank King. John Simpson has been appointed as a government nominee to the ESSSuper Board. Simpson has extensive experience in advising chief executives, senior executives and non-executive directors on management ...

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... several US regulators including the US Department of Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The legislation is now up for public consultation with the consultation window ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... consensus that it would lower borrowing costs for Australians all. Crystal clear on crystal ball. Heading into the RBA's first Board meeting for 2012, we've read reports that 21 of 24 economic gurus saw the RBA clicking on the rate cut button on their ...

HFT and dark pools keep ASIC on its toes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... states that the term is difficult to define with any certainty. Getting market integrity rules right and having regulators on-board with the process is vital in the current climate of cross-border exchange mergers, according to Grob, referencing the ...

Former BTFG chief takes Argo chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
Former BT Financial Group chief executive, Ian Martin, has taken on the top board role at Argo Investments after chairman Chris Harris continues plans to retired on February 29. Chair for 14 years, Harris and non-executive director, Marina Darling ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... a week ago," he said. "I think developments in Europe and the better prospects in the US economy will influence the RBA board's thinking today." On Friday, non-farm payroll data in the US showed that 243,000 jobs had been added in January. The result ...