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Saxo opens up access to trading platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Saxo Bank is giving its clients and partners open access to its trading infrastructure so they can develop it, customise it and integrate it into their own applications and systems. The move covers Saxo's multi-asset trading and back office infrastructure ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... right through the other side of the New Year. As per Bloomberg, "Futures traders are pricing in a 21% probability the central bank increases it target range in October as of about 3pm. in New York, a 49.5% chance by the December meeting and a 56.5% likelihood ...

GBST managing director to retire

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
The managing director and chief executive of industry software provider GBST has announced he wishes to retire. Stephen Lake, who has been with the company since 2001, informed the board that he will remain in the role while a successor is found and ...

Retirees should expand asset classes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... retirement to invest purely in low-return investments, particularly when the yields on traditional low-risk assets, such as bank deposits and bonds, are so low today. That's one reason why people should consider equities in retirement," Maslen said. ...

Super board governance legislation introduced today

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... by the banks' wealth divisions and their boards. "Industry Super Australia urges the all parliamentarians to reject these bank-designed laws and protect the interests of super fund members." Among the government's proposals is a requirement for the appointment ...

FEATURE - Retirement income: Finding the right path

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... wave of retirees is learning that years of accumulation need further thought. Darren Snyder reports. A recent Commonwealth Bank media roundtable showed projections by Rice Warner that Australia's retirement market would reach more than $1.4 trillion ...

FinaMetrica in robo advice deal with Swiss private bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
Australian-based firm FinaMetrica has developed a sophisticated robo advice tool for a private bank in Switzerland. NBK Private Bank Switzerland will be using FinaMetrica's suitability tool kit, a 15-minute test that looks at the investor's risk tolerance ...

ANZ senior manager leaves to set up consultancy

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
ANZ senior manager of mandate research will set up his own consultancy, as the bank streamlines the Office of the CIO division. Nigel Douglas confirmed to Financial Standard that he has set up Douglas Funds Consulting, a firm that will provide consultancy ...

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... Sustainability Assessment (CSA). RobecoSAM's statement said that the biggest additions to the indices this year were the Bank of America Corp, Telefonica SA and BHP Billiton; the biggest deletions, meanwhile, were Cisco Systems, PepsiCo and the Royal ...

ANZ completes $720m capital raising

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
ANZ has announced it has completed its $720 million share purchase plan offer. The bank's statement to the ASX said it will "accept all eligible applications and issue approximately $720 million of ANZ shares at $26.50 per share." The offer was originally ...