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Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... tone sent the US dollar index to its lowest level in 14 months that, in turn, is boosting commodity prices - the Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity CRB Commodity Total Return Index has risen to its highest level since May this year. Both are supportive of ...

Global reinsurer adopts ESG framework

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... investment behaviour and set the right measurement both from a performance and ESG perspective." Despite the move, Furer told Reuters it will not be diverting investments away from any particular industries or companies as it is difficult to maintain ...

Industry fund appoints two directors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... director at Paypal, she worked in a number of senior leadership and marketing roles at Westpac, BT Financial Group and Reuters London. The appointments follow the rolling out of a new corporate strategy earlier this year, which included the addition ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... 27 March before easing back to US$1.0685 as members of the ECB's governing council went on damage control. According to Reuters, an unnamed official "in or close to the Governing Council" claims that the ECB's 9 March message had been "overinterpreted". ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... Forbes considered it appropriate to increase Bank Rate by 25 basis points". While Kristin is due to leave the BOE in June, Reuters reports that "some others said it would not take much for them to follow suit". Looking at the UK's macro-economy, Kristin ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... fell by 1.1% and the yield on 10-year US Treasuries fell by 10 bps to 2.5%. And oh, commodity prices also soared. The Reuters/Jefferies CRB index closed 1.7% higher signalling optimism over global growth. All these because fairy godmother Janet Yellen ...

ANZ has little time for robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said the bank won't be embracing robo-advice any time soon. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event in Sydney yesterday, Elliott told attendees that ANZ's focus moving forward is on becoming the best bank in the world ...

Pharmaceuticals and tires top new Thomson Reuters diversity index

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
Roche Holding AG and the Michelin Group have topped Thomson Reuters' Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) index. The new index ranks the top 100 publicly-traded companies worldwide across 24 metrics to determine their diversity and inclusivity. The metrics ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... reaction to the increased prospect of a September rate hike (odds lifted to 30% after Rosengren spoke from 24%, according to Reuters). Madam Janet would not want that. No siree, not after each and every FOMC statement in recent times stressed that the ...

Thomson Reuters partners for SMSF solution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Thomson Reuters Cleardocs, a leading supplier of legal and SMSF documents, has partnered with an SMSF administration software provider. The partnership with BGL Corporate Solutions will streamline the SMSF establishment and administration process for ...