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On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... week's low reading of 91.35 to 92 overnight. The US dollar index's ascent had been limited by the stronger euro, pound and Canadian dollar, among others. Again, these are to be expected. Rising interest rates are a negative for Treasuries and a positive ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... and the deposit rate by the same to 1.25% and 0.75% - as having taken the markets by surprise. Most were expecting the Canadian central bank to stand pat on monetary policy. But 20/20 hindsight vision makes it clear the BOC needed to follow-up the 25 ...

IRESS announces senior leadership restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... additional on-the-ground support and experience to IRESS' existing UK team. Internationally, the managing director of IRESS' Canadian business, Glenn Wilson, will also relocate to the UK to lead the Wealth & Trading business. He will be replaced by Mike ...

Macquarie and Canadian pension fund buy SA government asset

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
The Land Services SA consortium, made up of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, has secured South Australia's land services and lands titles office for $1.6 billion. Macquarie, in conjunction ...

FinaMetrica merges with global software provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Australian-based risk specialist FinaMetrica has merged with a Canadian investment and financial planning software provider. Having already collaborated for more than a decade, Toronto-based PlanPlus and FinaMetrica, under the umbrella of PlanPlus Global ...

Suncorp Tower takeover denied by competition watchdog

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... acquire 100% of Tower's shares at NZ$1.40 per share (the Vero SIA). The bid trumped a previous NZ$1.17 a share offer from Canadian Fairfax Financial Holdings. At the time, Suncorp New Zealand chief executive Paul Smeaton said the proposed acquisition ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... of rate hikes this year sent the US dollar rising that, after a lag, has renewed downward pressure on inflation. The Canadian dollar's appreciation since the rate hike could produce the same thing. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... deviations from target." These were the words of Bank of Canada (BOC) governor Stephen Poloz that helped justify the Canadian central bank's decision to lift interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.75% on 12 July - making it the first developed country ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... June by BOC chief Stephen Poloz when he commented that interest rate cuts "have done their job" and that excess slack in Canadian economy being absorbed. What wasn't communicated was the BOC's hawkish forward guidance. Canada's GDP expanded by 2.3% in ...

Aussie agriculture reaches new highs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... operations. It said global investors are also rapidly accumulating strategic stakes in local agricultural holdings, with Canadian and US pension funds investing more than $1 billion in Australia since 2007. One agricultural sector that has garnered interest ...