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CFD providers form industry body

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... such as risk management, due diligence, business continuity and full segregation of client funds. "Over the last 10 years CFDs in Australia have evolved into a strong mature investment product. The Australian CFD Forum has been established to assist ...

ASIC to take hard line on deliberately misleading ads

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... The tone of the advertisement should not undermine the importance of the risks." ASIC specified contracts for difference (CFDs) as being high risk products that can potentially expose investors to larges loss, and said ads shouldn't allude to the contrary. ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... such as oil has been limited. Up until now, the only way to gain access was via complicated instruments such as futures or CFDs, or indirectly via shares in oil companies," said Corbett. Crude oil is considered one of the most important physical commodities ...

ASIC investigations lead to charges, interim orders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... services business was behind website www.aftfx.com.au, which promoted trading in forex, metals and contracts for difference (CFDs) through the use of the MetaTrader 4 platform. The orders obtained restrain AFT from marketing any financial product including ...

Derivatives broker MF Global in administration

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... administration and the regulator is working with all affected parties. Activities affected are equities, contracts for difference (CFDs) and futures trading with trading activity halted. ASX Clear Futures has advised ASIC that MF Global UK Limited has ...

CMC Markets launches new platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... pocket to trade with," said Louis Cooper, Head of CMC Markets Australia and New Zealand. "For educated, savvy investors, CFDs can be a great tool for hedging company exposure in their equity portfolio. We wanted to give them a means to be able to do ...

ASIC warns CFD providers on margin calls, disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... told a press conference in Sydney that there was an issue with television ads that target the mass retail market touting CFDs. The contracts were becoming increasingly popular with mum-and-dad investors but ASIC has taken the view that their complexity ...

BBY expands with Stonebridge acquistion

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... Advisers that are coming across from StoneBridge are providing excellent services in equities and options trading, Futures, FX, CFDs and derivatives.' It is expected that StoneBridge teams will join BBY in late July, 2011. BBY is an Australian focused ...

ASIC moves to protect OTC retail investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... 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 law," added Merry who welcomed ...

CMC markets appoints new head for Aus, NZ

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... He said CMC was soon to launch a new generation of platform and service products. The company plans to change the way its CFDs are delivered to retail investors in a way that would be game changing for the industry, he said. The move would hit the UK ...