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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
The Australian share market made modest gains in opening trade thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street and as investors await more developments in Europe's debt crisis. At 1010 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18.5 points ...

Local DMA providers hit back

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Australian DMA providers in the CFD sector have warned Treasury officials over what they claim are misrepresentations being made on the use of client money to hedge positions. Australian direct market access (DMA) providers First Prudential Markets ...

Bell Financial appoints board member

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Bell Financial Group executive chairman, Colin Bell, has appointed Brenda Shanahan as a non-executive director board member, effective immediately. Prior to joining Bell Financial Group (BFG), Shanahan has served in senior executive and board roles ...

Wealthy clients need consumer protections too: FPSB

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Regulators should be wary of simplistic distinctions between retail and wholesale clients, warns the global interest group the Financial Planning Standards Board. The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) is the owner of the Certified Financial ...

New switching device cuts latency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Trading times are on the brink of becoming even quicker with today's launch of the world's fastest switching device with a latency of 130 nanoseconds. "There was a time not that long ago when nobody cared about network devices and they were viewed as ...

Platform satisfaction on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Platform providers' $130m investment in technology is showing strong benefits with advisers' satisfaction reaching the highest level recorded in nine years, according to a new report by Investment Trends. Investment Trends have been tracking planners' ...

SuperStream levy unclear

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
The Financial Services Council has raised concerns on the expenditure of monies levied on the industry to pay for SuperStream and the manner in which they are to be raised. Speaking at public hearings of the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry into ...

NSW universities face $4.3bn in super liabilities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
The New South Wales auditor-general has cited a "critical need" for NSW universities to negotiate funding arrangements for superannuation liabilities with the Australian Government, after an audit of the state's 10 universities. The affected schemes ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
The heads of four key European institutions are hammering out a 'masterplan' to lead the eurozone out of its crisis, according to recent reports. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, European Union president Herman Van Rompuy, EU Commission head ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Stop looking. There are no ifs, no ands, no ors, and no buts to find, it's getting ugly out there. Oh yes Virginia, the combed over look ugly as events and indicators of the past week suggest that we are coming into, if not already in, a perfect storm. ...