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Dion Global launches new trading platform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
Hartleys Limited has deployed a new trading and order management system that integrates these services into a single platform. The Dion Global Solutions platform known as TradeCentre allows users and brokers to manage the entire trading, order management ...

Banks support the "original" FoFA intent: ABA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) said that the industry supports the original Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation, which focused largely on consumer protection. The ABA came out shortly after Industry Super Australia (ISA) accused ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is lower as further falls in iron ore prices weigh on the mining sector. A positive lead from Wall Street was not enough to outweigh investor worries about the short-term prospects of the steel making commodity, which is ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Governance eclipses social and environmental concerns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Governance almost totally eclipses environmental and social factors when it comes to stakeholder concern, a report by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has shown. The report showed that stakeholders with voting rights are overwhelmingly concerned with ...

Bored to zzz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... sleepless nights glued to the business channel on their TVs, laptops, iPads and smartphones trying to discern what the "smart" people discern for the times a-coming. More time for Facebooking. But this lacklustre activity ain't no good for traders. How? ...

ANZ wealth division profits up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... improved claims and lapse experience, with retail lapse rates in Australia declining a further 120 bps across the year. ANZ Smart Choice Super now has over 270,000 customers. According to the announcement, wealth solutions held by ANZ customers are up ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Investment consultant Towers Watson has thrown its support behind smart beta approaches to investment, recommending institutional investors revisit their equity strategies to incorporate the lower cost products. In a new publication, Global equity investing ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... the lovey-dovey one) "momo" (momentum) technology stocks into cheaper "value" stocks with consistent earnings. As Maxwell Smart would say, "good thinking 99". The scary news is that, the downward momentum in these "momo's" appear to be accelerating because ...

Leap in appetite for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... advantage of international investment opportunities, shifting assets from domestic to international equities. "This is a smart diversification move for many Australian investors who historically are overweight domestic equities, meaning their portfolios ...