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O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... could understand or even China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany or Switzerland - for these are the countries the US Treasury Department (in its recent semi-annual report) placed on a "currency manipulators' watch list. But Canada -- One of America's ...

Citi appoints government affairs head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Services Council. He has also been a government relations manager at PwC, a senior adviser at the Office of Kevin Rudd, a Treasury economist and principal policy analyst at Treasury and Finance Tasmania. Bond's appointment follows the news in March that ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction, and it anticipates doing so until normalization of the level of the federal funds rate is well under ...

Industry model costing good advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... likely to put quality financial advice out of reach of those who need it most, the AFA said in its submission to the Treasury on the Bill. "Financial advice should not just be for the wealthy and this model should not unintentionally facilitate that ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... and inflation expectations - measured by the difference between the nominal yield on 10-year US bonds and 10-year TIPS (treasury inflation-protected securities) fell below 2.0%. No more reflation? Likewise, the US dollar index dipped by 0.6% to 99.63 ...

CBA CFO to retire, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... inside and outside CBA. He has made a lasting contribution to CBA, particularly through his leadership of the finance and treasury functions during the global financial crisis and subsequent regulatory change, and his ongoing stewardship of CBA's long-term ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction, and it anticipates doing so until normalization of the level of the federal funds rate is well under ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... surprisingly, 10-year and five-year inflation expectations - as measured by the yield difference between nominal bonds and TIPS (treasury inflation-protected securities - have recently eased to 2.0% from a high of 2.1% this year (on the tenners) and ...

RBC secures custody mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
RBC Investor and Treasury Services won the custody and administration mandate for a diversified Australian financial services provider with more than $1.25 billion in funds under management. The investor and treasury services arm of the Royal Bank of ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... before the joint-session of Congress, where he, hopefully, will deliver the details of his reflationary policies. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has hinted that POTUS will talk about his tax-reform plan - corporate and personal income tax reform. ...