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First on the block: CBA to develop blockchain bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... their goal to end extreme poverty." CBA said blockchain had the potential to streamline processes for raising capital and trading securities, adding the technology could improve operational efficiencies and enhance regulatory oversight. World Bank treasurer ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... have to raise interest rates to stop funds outflow and/or an unwanted surge in inflation. The New Zealand dollar is now trading at US$0.6595, down another 0.14% from when I started this piece. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker ...

Fees for no service remediation passes $250 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... that have identified potential fee for no service failings include Bendigo Financial Planning, Police Financial Services (trading as BankVic), State Super Financial Services (trading as StatePlus), and Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management. These licensees ...

Equity Trustees responds to GAM suspension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... uphold high conduct standards in all areas of our business." As a result, Equity Trustees has followed suit, suspending trading on the funds from 1 August as it "is not able to properly value the assets of the relevant fund and is therefore unable to ...

ASIC identifies potential risks in ETP market

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... asset value), and market concentration among providers. The regulator found the ETP industry is in generally good shape: trading is generally liquid, bid-offer spreads are narrow and secondary market prices are generally close to the NAV of ETP units. ...

Investment platform CFO steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... chief financial officer of an ASX-listed investment platform has stepped down, with the role to now be outsourced. Share trading platform SelfWealth (SWF) announced it has engaged the services of The CFO Solution, a provider of outsourced administration ...

SPECIAL FEATURE: Breaking the custody mould

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... app-like value beyond its custody platform. It is beta testing an artificial intelligence (AI) program that uses past trading patterns to predict when a trade is likely to fail. SmartChaser can identify the subset of trades that are most in danger of ...

Chief economist update: Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... his farmers and ditto on China. The more Trump extends his tariffs and import restrictions on China and America's trading partners, the more the number of US trade sectors and industries he would need to compensate. The Chinese Government is being ...

Macrovue appoints ANZ Wealth executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... specific domain expertise in marketing," Bristow told Financial Standard. "Scott's networks and experience across share trading, investment platforms, private banking, financial advice, life insurance and investment lending will be invaluable for ...

VanEck adds two to Australian team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... build quantitative models for portfolio management and investment performance analytics and attribution, in supporting the trading of equities, fixed income and currency (FX). Also joining VanEck is Alice Shen as a portfolio administration associate. ...