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'Twilight pool' block trading venue to launch in 2015

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... "The average trade size in the market has fallen to $5,400 as at the end of September quarter. So if you're trying to move a huge chunk of shares, it's become very difficult to find the other side of that in that sort of environment." He said Block Event ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... prices hit a new four-year low ahead of a pivotal OPEC meeting expected to maintain the cartel's production levels despite a huge glut. Tokyo stocks lost 0.78 per cent on Thursday as a stronger yen took the wind out of the market ahead of the Thanksgiving ...

Phone usage reveals opportunity for financial services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... their phones more than 50 times a day, according to the latest survey from Deloitte, which the company says highlights the huge opportunity for financial services providers to improve mobile offerings. The inaugural Deloitte Australian survey of 2,000 ...

IFM Investors wins UK pension fund mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
IFM Investors have won two infrastructure investment mandates worth $364 million from two UK local government pension funds, Avon Pension Fund and Dorset County Pension Fund. The mandates will be invested in IFM Investors' portfolio of core equity ...

Financial services Australia's largest industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... financial services, particularly in funds management and superannuation that is highly regarded around the world." "There is a huge opportunity for us to both export our investment expertise offshore as well as enable access for Australians to international ...

IFM has 'concerns' over infra prices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... have some concerns. In the UK contact When Channel Tunnel [from England to France] rail link was auctioned off there was a huge outcry because the Canadians came in and paid far too much, as far as the local pension funds were concerned. "They thought ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... shares to take over Duracell. Wal-Mart Stores shares surged 4.7 per cent on forecast-beating third-quarter earnings. The huge retailer overcame a fall in US store traffic with price rises and strong gains in its small Neighborhood Market chain to turn ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... $US76.22 a barrel. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed following a soft lead from Wall Street, while Tokyo tacked on another huge set of gains after last week's surprise monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. Tokyo, which surged more than four per cent ...

Family trusts overlooked amid SMSF boom

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Financial advisers are overlooking a huge range of benefits that family trusts have over self-managed super funds for their high net worth clients, according to HLB Mann Judd Sydney head of wealth management Michael Hutton. Hutton said that despite ...

FEATURE: Is it time to change the conversation about ETFs?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... forward 13 years, and there are close to 100 different exchange-traded products listed on the exchange. Investors now have a huge amount of choice. They can get exposure to indices as wide as the S&P Global 100 or as specific as the MSCI Korea 25/50 ...