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Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... willingness,[and] ability to do so." - but more because the bank's fresh policy easing initiatives - the corporate sector purchase programme (CSPP) and the targeted longer-term repo operations (TLTRO II) - have only unleashed in June. The Fed was another ...

TH Real Estate completes first close of European Cities Fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... approximately €700M from this initial capital. Launched in May 2016 with seed capital, the fund commenced its investment programme by securing its first asset, Meraville Retail Park in Bologna, Italy. The fund is currently considering a number of other ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... (ABF) Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg said the arrangement would benefit members of the Australian Trusted Trader (ATT) programme and the NZ Customs Secure Export Scheme (SES). "It is anticipated that the MRA will allow $3 billion of New Zealand exports ...

Standard Life Investments calls for more monetary easing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Standard Life Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson has called on governments to ease monetary policy further in light of some worrying structural trends which he said were amplified by the result of the UK's referendum on EU membership. Lawson ...

Cbus signs new Paris ESG commitment

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties. The Principles of Responsible Investment, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and The Generation Foundation launched the new statement in Paris last week, based on their joint finding ...

La Trobe Financial prices $250m RMBS Issue

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... from our previous transactions, we are extremely pleased to welcome many new investors into the La Trobe Financial RMBS programme. We are building the foundations for future programmatic RMBS issuances and look forward to continuing to be an active participant ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... management industry is launching exchange traded funds to cater specifically for the central bank's massive monetary easing programme. Three new "physical and human capital" ETFs are designed solely for the Bank of Japan, which needs fresh assets to ...

Oxford-Man Institute expands into machine learning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
The University of Oxford and Man AHL have announced that the Oxford-Man Institute (OMI) will expand its focus on machine learning and data analytics, becoming part of the University's department of engineering and science from 1 August 2016. The expansion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO II) purchases of corporate bonds under the corporate sector purchase programme (CSPP). In his introductory statement, ECB president Mario Draghi announced that the ECB expects interest rates "to remain ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... Fed lifted off). Back to 2008. Gold started to take off in November of that year after the first launched its first QE programme. Prices surged from US$750 an ounce in November 2008 to a record high US$1,900.30/ounce by September 2011 - thanks to successive ...