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ASIC moves on insider trading

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... the market today enter through an algorithm. Our supervision team is very closely monitoring what is happening in the quality of those algorithms. We are able to see those today. With the new systems we'll be able to see them that much better," Gibson ...

Aussie fund wins $1.1bn PNG super mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Ascalon aligned PacWealth Capital has been awarded a $1.1bn mandate to manage assets for the Papua New Guinea National Superannuation Fund. The National Superannuation Fund (NASFUND) was the first approved superannuation fund to be licensed by the central ...

JPMorgan execs to resign over US$2bn trading loss

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... risk being taken by the chief investment office after being told the unit was not properly managing positions and the quality of risk management systems were unsophisticated against those employed in the investment banking division. In an interview with ...

Research houses to step up transparency

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... are often written by an individual analyst who is anonymous, calling for the author to be named in order to judge the quality of future reports. Concerns over impartiality and the need for right of reply were also highlighted in St Davids Road Advisory's ...

FPA calls on ASIC for clearer advice definitions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... Shadow shopping study of financial advice, The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) measured the quality of retirement advice provided and people's experience of obtaining financial advice. Report 279 Shadow shopping report of financial ...

Dark pools shine as ASX trade size falls

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... there." As more brokers provide internal dark pools however, Chatfield said an area of focus for users should be the quality of liquidity within the pools. "Investment managers are increasingly questioning, if I'm in pool X or dealing with a broker's ...

J.P. Morgan wins four super fund mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... were expected to impact on the OTC derivatives market. "We are seeing these investors place greater emphasis on the quality of the collateral as well as the need to diligently and constantly value and administer the collateral involved in a transaction," ...

Flaws in advice system revealed by ASIC report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... the Parliamentary Joint Committee. Report 279 Shadow shopping study of financial advice ( REP 279 ) investigated the quality of retirement advice provided and people's experience of obtaining financial advice. The report found that 39% of advice examples ...

Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... [Australia] are completely hitched to that wagon that is China," said Habel. "Look at what you are being paid compared to the quality of debt you are holding," said Habel. "In Asia we almost exclusively invest in senior, investment-grade debt," said ...

ASFA, FSC applaud passing of SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... ASFA. "An increase in the SG will take the pressure off the Age Pension and assist more working Australians to a better quality of life in retirement." ASFA pointed to research from Allen Consulting Group, which it commissioned, that claimed the rise ...