The knockback of the SGX-ASX takeover is an example of the complete lack of transparency around our FIRB process. At least Joe Hockey and the Coalition are happy.
Australian stock exchange
Stock exchange merger: the Treasurer will surely say no
If further evidence was needed that public opinion would be against the takeover of the Australian Stock Exchange by the Singapore Stock Exchange it has come in the form of findings by UMR Research, explains Richard Farmer.
Xenophobia, incompetence and foreign investment wars
Australia’s approach to foreign investment remains as confused as ever. But the mishandling of the ASX-SGX merger isn’t going to help, write Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer.
Crikey Clarifier: ASX, SGX potential merger — how and why?
Local bourse operator ASX Ltd has unveiled a $US12.3 billion merger with Singapore Exchange (SGX) this morning, the first major consolidation of bourses in Asia-Pacific. Intelligent Investor’s Steven Johnson answered some of our questions over the deal.
ASIC’s insider trading crackdown an expensive furphy
Insider trading is rife on the Australian Stock Exchange, but ASIC’s new powers and punishments won’t do anything to prevent it, writes Tom Elliot .
Can the ASIC regulatory tiger grow teeth?
Will the new market trading, monitoring and control system be as transparent and open about its regulatory actions as the ASX has become this year?
Pubboy collapses, BRW redfaced
One problem with business magazines is that in their desperate search for content they tend to lionise people who often don’t deserve such praise. BRW is more guilty of that sin than most, writes Adam Schwab.
