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Market down 5%: Resources look ugly

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
At reporting season's three quarter mark last week, defensive stocks surfaced with their best half year of growth since 2009, while cyclicals recorded their worst - despite industrials earnings rising 4%. With only a little more than a third of stocks ...

Delay FoFA reforms another year: Lawyer

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012

Cost reductions dampen IRESS result

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
Financial services systems supplier IRESS saw its first half underlying profit fall 7.4% to $27.8 million on the back of reduced activities by broker clients in response to low transactions levels. Due to tough global trading conditions for clients ...

BetaShares expands coverage

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
BetaShares has significantly expanded its distribution coverage since the beginning of 2012 with its ETFs now available on a much larger list of dealer group approved product lists and on multiple platform menus. This year there have been 54 counts ...

Saxo Bank's iPad app optimises trading

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
Saxo Bank, parent company of Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd has announced the launch of its updated mobile trading app which is now optimised for iPad use. Users with the current Saxo app on their iPhone or iPad will automatically receive ...

We're not obsolete: Brokers defend their patch

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... those things will always be true - and smart, savvy firms can capitalise on that," says Coppin. For the full version of this story see the latest (27 August) issue of the Financial Standard.

Future Fund to acquire AIF assets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
The Future Fund has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the Australian Infrastructure Fund's (AIX) portfolio assets for $2 billion - 10% up to the AIX Directors' published asset valuations at 30 June 2012. Due to their strong correlation with ...

Embedding risk appetite remains tricky

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Despite a major improvement in financial services firms implementing risk management since the GFC, there remains significant unfinished business, according to a new Progress in Financial Services Risk Management report. While there's been significant ...

Sluggish growth the new norm: Janus

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Once the high volatility experienced within the spread declines over the next six to 12 months, slower earnings growth will emerge as Australia's 'new norm', according to Carmel Wellso, portfolio manager with Janus Capital Group. In Australia to address ...

Fear for financial future reigns

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Australian employees are more wary of job security and their future financial wellbeing than their fellow workers in recessionary countries, according to new Towers Watson research. Results from its latest Global Workforce Study (GWS) reveal that more ...