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Capital Group managing director exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... Funds Group and the global head of account management for Macquarie Securities. In 2011, Capital Group tapped Hennessy to open its first office in Australia. Brewer joined from T.Rowe Price where he was the country head of distribution for Australia ...

ASIC consults on market integrity rules

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... market and feedback from market operators. This, however, was delayed in 2020 due to COVID-19. The consultation period is open until 6 August 2021.

Wilsons adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... Williamson joined Craigs in 2009 as managing director, investment banking from ABN AMRO where he was an associate, global markets. He was previously a solicitor at Auckland firm Mayne Wetherell. "I'm thrilled to welcome Ralph and Jeremy. We are fortunate ...

State Street launches dedicated crypto, blockchain business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... blockchain solutions, State Street is launching a dedicated digital finance division, appointing the current head of global markets to lead it. State Street Digital builds on State Street's existing digital capabilities, expanded to include cryptocurrency ...

LIBOR phased out by year end

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... end of 2021." LIBOR is an interest-rate average calculated from estimates submitted by the largest banks in London. It is open to corruption and cartel behaviour due to the nature of relying on estimates submitted by the big banks in one city. The need ...

ASIC increases short selling surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... sellers can also unfairly distort the price of a target entity's securities, which is harmful to the integrity of our markets," Armour said.

GIC to open Sydney office

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Singapore's $708 billion sovereign wealth fund will open an office in Sydney, as it looks to increase its focus on Australian investment opportunities. The Sydney office will be GIC's 11 th internationally. The fund said it will look for opportunities ...

More super funds make climate commitments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... as the initiative progressively moves from an initial focus on investors to being opened to all actors across financial markets over the next few years. "End-of-decade goals to reduce emissions have come into sharp focus with new commitments emerging ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... outcome (based on the personal consumption expenditures price index) modestly above the 2% inflation target set by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). "This would be a welcome development for the FOMC, as inflation has generally been below target ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... itself, fulfil the Fed's prophecy of later-than-sooner tightening. This is because persistent losses in the equity markets would erode the "wealth effect", the rise in bond yields would make credit more expensive and the higher US dollar would reduce ...