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BetaShares launches FTSE 100 ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
BetaShares has launched a new exchange-traded fund that will track the 100 largest UK companies traded on the London Stock Exchange. It started trading on the ASX this morning with the ticker code F100. The passive ETF will track the market cap weighted ...

Nomura ordered to pay back US $25m

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... negotiating sales of commercial and residential mortgage backed securities (CMBS and RMBS), according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Several Nomura traders misled customers about the prices at which Nomura had bought securities, the amount ...

JP Morgan-linked ship in US $1bn drug bust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... Attorney's office secured $10 million in cash and $40 million surety bond from the owner and operator of the vessel in exchange of its temporary release pending a final resolution in the case. Financial Standard reached out to JP Morgan Asset Management ...

Managed investment scheme operator AFSL canned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... ensure the persons responsible for trading funds had the requisite qualifications and experience to manage a foreign exchange and derivatives fund. Worboys and Barnett did not appeal their bans to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. ASIC has separately ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... "countervailing" import duties on countries it deems subsidising its export of goods and services through an undervalued exchange rate. As a matter of local interest, the 'Big Mac index' indicates that the Australian dollar is 25.8% undervalued ...

New climate risk government bond index launches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... next 30 years according to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," Bocquet said. London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) director of information services Waqas Samad said integration of economic and financial risk considerations linked ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... reduction (June and July) in the official cash rate to a record low 1%. Consequently, instead of depreciating, the A$/US exchange rate strengthened from US$0.6928 (a day before the June rate cut) to as high as US$0.7018 on the last trading day of June. ...

Vanguard American ETFs cross US$1 trillion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
Vanguard's exchange-traded funds in the United States crossed US$1 trillion in total assets last month after dominating the inflows. Vanguard had eight funds in the top 10 for inflows on the day the issuer surpassed US$1 trillion, according to ETF.com. ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... policies have never worked in the past. And it would not now, especially in this age of greater globalisation. Free-floating exchange rates are designed to restore economic equilibrium. The reason the US dollar is fetching a higher exchange rate than ...

BlackRock cuts fees on Aussie shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
BlackRock has slashed the fees on its S&P/ASX 200 exchange-traded fund following a pricing review, as competition heats up in the sector. The iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF, which trades on the exchange with ticker IOZ, pushed down the fees to 0.09% p.a. ...