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High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... Electronic, algorithm-based trading has been in use since the 1970s but concerns have escalated in recent years as improvements in technology have allowed trades to happen ever-faster rates speeds. Opponents of the practice say that it gives traders ...

FSS increases insurance premiums

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... have more equitable and stable pricing of our insurance arrangement." These price increases follow major insurance improvements introduced by FSS in 2009 when TAL took over the fund's group insurance contract from Metlife. The premium changes come into ...

Legg Mason appeals to retail after lowering minimum investment

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... straight-through processing service for platform fund flows, which is expected to provide risk management, cost and efficiency improvements.

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... to emerging markets powered by developed markets may not be as strong as in past recoveries, we think even small improvements could drive outsized gains for emerging-market stocks," Harting explained. "Companies most directly tied to developed-world ...

Half of infrastructure investors unhappy with fee structures

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... fund managers are making concessions in this area to attract investor commitments," Bradbrook continued. "Although improvements have been made in recent years, it is vital that fund managers are able to effectively articulate the reasoning behind the ...

Lift aged pension to 70: Productivity Commission

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... reforms could improve productivity in the sector that is the largest contributor to fiscal pressures. Even modest improvements in this area would reduce fiscal pressures significantly," the report said. Illustrating the point, the PC report revealed ...

UBS grants advisers access to industry funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... they pay their adviser, in accordance with the policy of the fund. UBS also said it is planning a series of further improvements in 2014, including the integration of improved research, market data and charting capabilities, as well as the addition of ...

Wealth division contributes to strong ANZ result

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... Retail life insurance in-force premiums grew 10% and funds under management increased 13% driven by productivity improvements in both ANZ and aligned planner channels and improved investment market performance, the bank said. "The scale of the transformation ...

US shutdown slowing pension payments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
... Information and Technology staff have now been furloughed. "While support for existing operations continues, all improvements to our systems have ceased. This threatens to delay updates to the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS) that allows us ...

Get longevity risk right on DLAs, warns APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... breakthroughs, such as "the proverbial cure for cancer", should be factored in. "If you get the assumptions about longevity improvements wrong, the implications can be really quite significant. The impact on deferred life expectancy is really very high," ...