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New switching device cuts latency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... able to save a couple of hundred nanoseconds in network time really didn't matter that much. "What's changed is that those modern trading engines now run at say one to five microseconds - we even have some experience with sub-microsecond trading engines." ...

Suncorp keeps it simple

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... insurance licences. Speaking at Suncorp's Investor Day, Group chief executive Patrick Snowball said the program would invest in modern platforms and systems, reduce the cost of operating and maintaining legacy infrastructure, further streamline legal ...

UK pension reforms tackle longevity crisis

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012

Default super in modern awards justified: Cbus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... in which members work, results in better-tailored products and justifies the continued support of default super funds in modern awards, according to Cbus. The super fund for the building and construction industry used its submission to the current enquiry ...

Member interests and employer choice paramount

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... contribution members, except where this results in an employer paying twice, if default funds continue to be listed in Modern Awards that conflicted parties should be prohibited from intervening in applications by other funds wanting to be included in ...

Former minister joins Cbus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... from politics. "As Treasurer, Mr Dawkins was responsible for both the SGC and SIS legislation, which together underpin the modern superannuation system of compulsory contributions as well as industry superannuation funds," said a Cbus statement announcing ...

HFT and dark pools keep ASIC on its toes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
High frequency trading and dark pools are the biggest issues of contention in the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's extended consultation process on market integrity rules, according to one industry expert. Australian Securities and ...

Default super inquiry receives positive response

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... "transparent and objective" criteria by which to assess super funds that want to be given default fund status within the modern awards. These would be reviewed on an ongoing basis to ensure members best interests' are represented in relation to their ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... know of only one "downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008" in modern economic history, and it was the Great Depression of the 1930s and thank goodness I wasn't still around to experience the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Australian shares had held on to their slight opening gains at noon, led by defensive sectors such as healthcare and consumer staples. At 1225 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.8 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4253.4, while the broader ...