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Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
News that a COVID-19 vaccine is nigh has injected optimism in the world economies, financial markets and commodity markets, including oil. Oil prices jumped to two-month highs - WTI oil to US$41.36 per barrel; Brent oil to US$43.61 - following reports ...

BetaShares tinkers with ETF lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... Currency Hedged (synthetic) (QAG) and the BetaShares Commodities Basket ETF - Currency Hedged (synthetic) (ASX: QCB). Commodity ETFs remain dominated by gold ETFs, which are the most popular in the category. QAG had just $4.4 million in total assets ...

ASIC to curb huge CFD losses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... referencing an exchange rate for a minor currency pair, gold or a major stock market index and 10:1 for CFDs referencing a commodity (other than gold) or a minor stock market index. Issuers must also limit retail clients' CFD losses in their trading ...

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Canada's Scotiabank reached settlement agreements with the US Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over charges of metals market manipulation.

Crypto exchange owners charged

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... are facing criminal charges for allegedly violating anti-money laundering laws and basic compliance procedures. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged co-founders Arthur Hayes (chief executive), Samuel Reed (chief technology officer) ...

Chief economist update: Pandemic, what pandemic?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... (69.1% of total world iron imports), what happens to China dictates the direction of the price of Australia's biggest commodity export. China's success in containing the virus post-haste and subsequent lifting of restrictions on social interaction ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... up more than $1.3 billion (US$920 million) after entering into an agreement with the US Department of Justice, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The agreements with the three government agencies ...

J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... the settlement - which could come as soon as this week - would squash investigations by the US Justice Department, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission into whether traders rigged markets. This would be ...

Index manager, friend charged for insider trading

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... court but said it was a New York corporation and provided ratings, benchmarks, research and analytics to capital and commodity markets worldwide. The SEC charged Yang and Chen with violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws and ...

Chief economist update: AUD on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... in expansion in August - the sixth straight month since they contracted in February. China's recovery is boosting commodity prices. Although still 17.9% lower from the start of 2020 to date, the S&P GSCI commodity price index has soared by 56.9% ...