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ASIC cautions industry after US broker tweeted into suspension

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
Australian financial services professionals must be vigilant with their web presence as regulators close in on the social spaces to ensure fair trading and no misconduct. Online financial communities and forums, blogs, Facebook and Twitter are emerging ...

Funds ignoring foreign exchange risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... taking on extra chunks of risk by taking foreign currency exchange more seriously, the Financial Standard Currency Management Forum heard yesterday. According to Troy Rieck, managing director, capital markets, QIC, sectors of the industry are guilty ...

AMP looks to uni for future planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... said Helmich. The program is supported by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Financial Planning Academics Forum, with groups to submit a case study in response to a hypothetical client case study. The top five will then face a live technical ...

Currency Forum to pose big questions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Financial Standard will be hosting the Currency Management Forum 2011 in Sydney on June 28 with expert analysis on the impact of currency trades on the state of the economy and investor returns. The event will explore macro economic forecasts for currency ...

Pollies clash over SG

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... treasurer Bill Shorten calling the Coalition's attitude towards superannuation "belligerent". Speaking at a union's investment forum in Sydney on June 17, Shorten told attendees that within the Liberal party's opposition to the increase, some Liberal ...

Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... nation harnessed that firepower, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Speaking at an IFM superannuation forum yesterday, Weaven said it's the job of trustees to work as hard as they can to maximise returns for their members and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... business media with the results of research examining the impact of technology on the future of work. The Banking Regulations Forum concludes in Sydney and, in Melbourne, Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd holds its annual general meeting. In Australia on Tuesday ...

London hedge fund banking on Twitter

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
UK investment boutique Derwent Capital Markets is putting its faith in social media, launching a hedge fund that bases investments on real time insight into the "fear and greed" aspect of financial markets. The $40 million fund, launched earlier this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... addresses an American Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Sydney and, in Perth, The Australian & Deutsche Bank Business Leaders Forum hears from outgoing Woodside Petroleum ceo Don Voelte, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett, and Shell Australia chairwoman ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... Martin Parkinson makes a post-budget address in Sydney, and the Australian Banking & Finance (AB+F) Retail Financial Services Forum 2011 begins a two-day run, also in Sydney. On Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed 61.4 points lower, by 1.3 ...