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Equity clearing and settlement discussion paper released

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan has announced new consultations on the regulatory framework for competition in the clearing and settlement functions of the Australian equity market. The consultation announcement comes as a discussion paper on how regulators should ...

BetaShares ETFs recommended by Zenith

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash and Gold Bullion ETFs have been rated 'recommended' by Zenith. According to Zenith, the BetaShares team is well credentialed and noticeably larger in terms of its domestic base than the majority of ETF providers ...

AIST working to improve board gender imbalance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, in partnership with Women in Super, has kicked off its one day 'Women on super boards program' workshop in Melbourne today. The workshop is developed for women who are interested in learning about ...

Towers Watson expands Aus investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... holds a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Statistics) from the University of Auckland, joins the Australian Fixed Interest Manager Research Team from Melville Jessup Weaver, a Towers Watson affiliated company in New Zealand. "Ben's move from our New ...

CFD turnover rises amid dollar decline

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Aussie dollar and euro declines driving turnover, increased demand for gold and strong interest in the US and German 30 are some of the latest CFD trends identified in CMC Markets' May trading trends report. The latest analysis of CMC Markets' (CMC) ...

Schroders restores Aus equities team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Schroders has appointed two analysts to the Australian equities team, taking the team back to 13 following departures in March. The new appointments, David Heard and Ray David, were made in response to Kent Jensen and Alex Mears leaving the firm in ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... hope is that a positive result in Sunday's Greek elections would buy the PIGIS breathing space - through less punishing interest rates - while they get their finances in order. It'll also allow those who still haven't done so to reduce or completely ...

HIP Super enters advice partnership

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Health Industry Plan (HIP) has formed a strategic partnership with IOOF subsidiary, Bridges Financial Services for fee-for-service, flexible and scalable advice. According to HIP, transparency of cost structures and the provision of single and multi-issue ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... course! And guess what happens when the one who holds the purse wins, the 100 bil will be counted as Spanish debt (of which interest payments would go into the fiscal deficit), deficit to GDP goes up, debt to GDP goes up, more downgrades, higher interest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... 54 cents, or 1.71 per cent, to $32.12 and Rio Tinto added $1.06 or 1.91 per cent, to $56.46 on China's decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points from Friday, Mr Sada said. It was the first time China has reduced rates since 2008, with the one-year ...