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Sonray director to face 10 years imprisonment over unfunded deposits

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... Australian financial services licence. It was one of the first brokers in Australia to provide advice on contracts for difference (CFDs). The company was put into liquidation in October 2010 and according to administrators had gross client positions ...

Managed accounts set for an overhaul

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... that stood out for Bignill was the guidance around prohibiting the use of leveraged products like Contracts for Difference (CFDs) within an MDA and the stricter financial requirements when operating an MDA. He also foresaw the need for a stronger prudential ...

Bond CFDs, charting tools now on Saxo platform

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd has added CFDs on government bonds to the existing range of asset classes available to trade, plus new charting tools to assist investors with greater information. Available on SaxoTrader, SaxoWebTrader, SmartMobileTrader ...

ASIC raises bar on OTC derivatives

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Issuers of OTC derivatives, including CFDs and margin foreign exchange derivatives, will have to meet new financial requirements just released by ASIC. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) yesterday announced an increase in minimum ...

BetaShares launches BEAR Fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... expensive for investors to implement. "By contrast, the BEAR Fund can be bought and sold on the ASX like any share. Also, unlike CFDs, it does not employ leverage or expose investors to the risk of margin calls," he said.

Local DMA providers hit back

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... Australian CFD Forum [comprised of foreign owned providers, IG Markets, CMC Markets, Saxo Capital Markets, GFT Forex, Capital CFDs] is pushing is not about retail client protection. "Australian companies don't want to take on their clients, as the MM ...

Currencies dominate CFDs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Currencies dominated first quarter trading in CFDs, according to one provider, with a third of traders focused on the Aussie dollar. Research from Capital CFDs has shown AUD/USD remains the most popular contract for difference (CFD) followed by EUR/USD ...

CFD providers form industry body

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... such as risk management, due diligence, business continuity and full segregation of client funds. "Over the last 10 years CFDs in Australia have evolved into a strong mature investment product. The Australian CFD Forum has been established to assist ...

ASIC to take hard line on deliberately misleading ads

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... The tone of the advertisement should not undermine the importance of the risks." ASIC specified contracts for difference (CFDs) as being high risk products that can potentially expose investors to larges loss, and said ads shouldn't allude to the contrary. ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... such as oil has been limited. Up until now, the only way to gain access was via complicated instruments such as futures or CFDs, or indirectly via shares in oil companies," said Corbett. Crude oil is considered one of the most important physical commodities ...