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Thomson Reuters partners with platform provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Thomson Reuters has partnered with a platform provider to deliver a new risk tool for banks and financial institutions. Thomson Reuters has teamed up with the International Payment & Transaction Monitoring Association (IPTMA) to offer subscribers a ...

US funds launch lawsuit against big four banks

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
A class action lawsuit has been launched against NAB, CBA, ANZ and Westpac, as well as Macquarie and other investment banks for their alleged rigging of the bank bill swap reference rate (BBSW). The Sonterra Capital Master Fund, Frontpoint Financial ...

Efficiency key to performance in low-return world

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... report includes research based on a survey of 115 asset managers and owners, superannuation funds, financial advice groups, banks, wealth managers, corporate funds, insurers and one sovereign wealth fund. The respondents said that their two greatest ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... whether the assessment would reveal a need for more data or a reassessment on the ability of negative rates to achieve the banks desired outcome. "The market is pretty split on what they're going to say, some think that they could just be looking for ...

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... investors have been concerned for several years that bond yields cannot get any lower and economic recovery would see central banks lift interest rates to more normal levels, this has yet to materialise. In the meantime, globally diversified fixed income ...

BetaShares grows suite with two new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... Currency Hedged (ASX: FUEL), the BetaShares Global Gold Miners ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: MNRS) and the BetaShares Global Banks ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: BNKS). "The five ETFs that form part of the BetaShares Global Sector ETF family can enable Australian ...

ANZ nine-month cash profit down

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... program, Elliott said an extended lower growth environment was not necessarily a bad thing for Australia and will force banks to adopt new technologies and excel at productivity. "I think we're getting ourselves ready for the long term. This isn't just ...

Bentleys NSW takes the leap into financial planning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... advisers and give clients direct access to Bentleys NSW and its accounting, tax and audit services. Bentleys NSW chair, Nigel Banks said: "In todays' ever changing environment, it is critical that we continue to innovate and evolve to support the needs ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Some of the world's major central banks have already started the race even before the opening ceremony of "Rio 2016" on the 3rd of August. Perhaps it was much too early but the European Central Bank (ECB) opted not to start running when at its governing ...

ABA denies precedent for matching RBA cash rates

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... rate. Following the RBA cutting the cash rate to 1.75%, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told media that "the commercial banks should pass on the full rate cut. They should do that, and if they are not prepared to do it, as appears to be the case, then ...