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Goldman Sachs fined $120m for rate rigging

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... Eurodollar futures contracts in a manner deliberately designed - in timing, price, and other respects-to influence the published USD ISDAFIX in order to benefit the bank in its derivatives positions." The bank, which was also accused of providing false ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... works. Less than a year since its launch, Sydney-based financial services outfit Global Impact Initiative (GII) secured the USD$500 million mandate from London-based impact investing specialist World Wide Generation. Under the deal, GII will work with ...

First university climate bond issued

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... contribute to the university's net zero emissions target - is structured to provide the market with investment options in USD and Australian dollars over 15 years, 17.5 years or 20 years, for both domestic and international institutional investors. CEFC ...

Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... works. Less than a year since its launch, Sydney-based financial services outfit Global Impact Initiative (GII) has secured a USD$500 million mandate from London-based social problem solving agency World Wide Generation. Under the deal, GII will work ...

Australia is the APAC hedge fund capital: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... Anacacia Capital's Wattle Fund, Cor Capital's Cor Capital Fund and KIS Capital Partners' KIS Asia Long Short Cayman Fund (USD Feeder). By assets under management, the largest hedge fund managers in the country are Platinum Asset Management, Ellerston ...

Watershed SMA makes the right calls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
... "Early in the year we traded out of IVV which held up relatively well given the sharp decline in the Australian dollar vs the USD. The US market fell, but the Aussie dollar also fell sharply to just below 70c in late January. The group also introduced ...

Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... Australia performed relatively well, with local funds in aggregate seeing a 6% annual growth rate per annum (as measured in USD). Eleven of the 16 Australian funds in the list improved their ranking compared to 2014, with Hostplus, Sunsuper and Cbus ...

AMP Capital opts to liquidate AGF portfolio

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... tax and regulatory approvals are received. Ultimately, AMP Capital went with the second option. Proceeds will be held in a USD bank account until they can be repatriated, and the group has indicated that the currency exposure will not be hedged. This ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... ¥3.3 trillion) and at the same time raising the size of its lending program to support growth in US dollars to "24 billion USD (about 2.5 trillion yen; double the previous size of 12 billion USD)". The BOJ's move was greeted with jeers and boos as it ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... Pan Asia Bond Index is a composite bond index that tracks local currency bonds in 10 countries although it's calculated in USD. According to the S&P Asia Fixed Income Index Dashboard, it rose 1.36% in July while its yield-to-maturity tightened 17 bps ...