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SSGA says ETF growth means plenty for all providers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... low-cost competitors. The ETF market has exploded in popularity since 2001 when the first funds listed. The Australian Stock Exchange counted 52 ETF products trading as of April. Henze said SSGA was looking at introducing an ETF on bonds after a listing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... expenditure in the March quarter. In equities, Exterra resources Ltd and MRG Metals Ltd list on the Australian stock exchange, and Austar United Communications Ltd holds its annual general meeting. Perpetual Ltd holds a market briefing, and GrainCorp ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... the stockmarket, he said, where super fund members have specific entry and exit points. On average the Australian stock exchange increased by 11.1 per cent, but there were several times when it fell by more than 10 per cent with the average fall being ...

ASX fines broker for bad behaviour

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
The Australian Stock Exchange has imposed a $75,000 fine on broking house IMC Pacific for behaviour that left disorderly markets in two securities, including QBE shares trading at less than half of one cent, it said yesterday. The stock exchange said ...

Instos move into ETFs as sector surges

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... traded products with ETFs increasing in number and in total market capitalisation over the past year, the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) said yesterday, with institutional investors moving in. Over the year to April, the number of exchange traded funds ...

Computershare gobbles up BNY Mellon shareowner services

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... shareowner services business for US$550 million in the biggest ever purchase for the firm, it told the Australian Stock Exchange today. Two banks have provided bridging finance for the purchase amount, with Computershare saying it will pay through cash ...

West takes east-coast planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... $980,000, with the remaining two thirds to be purchased over the next two years, it said in a release to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Michael Summers, managing director of My Adviser, told Financial Standard the deal had been a friendly transaction. ...

Super funds turn to dark pools

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... exponentially increasing the potential for trades, which are closed in total secrecy. Once executed, the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is instantly notified of the deal. Per Loven, head of international corporate strategy and business development for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... of $700 million of October 2014 bonds. Ditto in the equities area. Plymouth Minerals Ltd lists on the Australian stock exchange (ASX) and, in Sydney, Coal & Allied Industries Ltd holds its annual general meeting. On Thursday, Australian stocks finished ...

ASX challenger chooses Equinix

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Chi-X Australia, which is aiming to compete against the Australian stock exchange as an alternative share trading service, has chosen US-based IT infrastructure company Equinix to provide its primary data centre in Sydney. The would-be market exchange ...