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DST Global Solutions launches HiPortfolio upgrade

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Derivatives processing has also been enhanced to provide capability for Total Return Swaps (TRS) and Contracts for Difference (CFD). This extends the current strategy to allow clients flexible accrual processing and to leverage existing systems within ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
BetaShares has announced an Australian first with the launch of the first oil exchange traded fund on the country's stock exchange. The exchange traded fund (ETF), which will trade under ASX code "OOO", aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI ...

ASIC investigations lead to charges, interim orders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
A Perth stockbroker has pleaded not guilty to more than 10 fraud charges, but guilty to a charge of dishonestly using his position as an employee at his former workplace. Jonathan Kur, who was an authorised representative for Hogan and Partners Stockbrokers ...

Derivatives broker MF Global in administration

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
Global financial derivatives broker, MF Global has been placed into administration with insolvency firm Deloitte appointed as administrator in Australia. MF Global, formerly known as Man Financial, provided exchange-traded derivatives, as well as over-the-counter ...

CMC Markets launches new platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... platform for Australian investors. The new platform is the result of A$156m of investment over two years and aims to increase CFD trading speed and lower transaction costs. The new platform features increased order types, advanced charting techniques ...

ASIC warns CFD providers on margin calls, disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... they are confident and informed. At the press conference, Medcraft flagged margin calls in a volatile market as an issue for CFD providers. "Clearly there's a problem when they do margin calls," he said. "Often you have gapping risks in terms of the ...

BBY expands with Stonebridge acquistion

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
BBY has announced it has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire the StoneBridge Private Client Adviser network, staff and product platforms. The StoneBridge Group is a boutique investment firm with over 15 years experience in the Australian ...

ASIC moves to protect OTC retail investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... dealing in OTC derivatives are legally allowed to use client funds to hedge positions," said Andrew Merry, managing director of CFD provider Capital CFDs. "This sends a confusing message to trading clients and we have long advocated for a change in the ...

Derivatives sky high since SGX fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... expiries lead to a spike in trading activity. Other result highlights include the high number of Contracts for Difference (CFD) that were traded with a total of 9,778 ASX CFD trades were transacted in March 2011, comprising a volume of 17.0 million contracts. ...

CMC markets appoints new head for Aus, NZ

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... trading business in London with just 35 staff. "I was there in 2000 when they launched the first contract-for-difference (CFD) products in the UK," he said. Cooper headed to Australia nine years ago to develop the local business which has grown exponentially ...