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S&P Dow Jones partners with pension fund giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... The Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is using two of S&P's new carbon efficient indices. Launched overnight, S&P Global Carbon Efficient Indices include: the S&P Global Ex-Japan LargeMidCap Carbon Efficient Index, the S&P Global LargeMidCap ...

ASIC slams unacceptable reporting breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... remediating some customers takes even longer, an ASIC review of breach reporting obligations found. In Report 594 released overnight, the big the institutions took 4.5 years to identify an incident that was later determined to be a significant breach. ...

J.P. Morgan expands derivatives clearing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... domestic institutional investor clients that can benefit from a local solution." "Clients that are trading AUD and NZD overnight index swaps and interest rate swaps will be able to take maximum advantage of a local clearing provider open through the ...

WAM Capital announces LIC takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... since inception. WAM Capital made a conditional off-market takeover bid for Wealth Defender Equities Limited (ASX: WDE) overnight for a price of $0.996 per share. This represents a 15% premium based on WDE's one-month volume-weighted average price ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... re-election at the June 24 poll. He was re-elected, and dive deeper the lira went. The TCMB has already more than doubled the overnight repo rate from 7.25% to 15% on June 1 and then to 16.25% a week later (June 8) and the liquidity window lending rate ...

Farmers should urgently access super: Advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... Bill to extend the time limit for receiving the FHA from three to four years was introduced to Parliament on June 20. Overnight on Twitter, Turnbull also said the asset threshold will also increase to $5 million, which means 27,000 families and single ...

Aurora takes acquisition bid to Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... scheduled to be heard on 22 and 23 October in Sydney. Keybridge Capital, which has a 20% stake Molopo Energy, announced overnight that it entered a submitting appearance and will "submit to any order the Court may make in the proceeding." The Takeovers ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
The big news overnight comes courtesy of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) or rather speculations (again) that it's discussing possible changes to its looser-than-loose monetary policy. There are so many combinations and permutations as to what the BOJ would ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... protectionism has had only limited impact on the domestic economy (so far). The Canadian central bank lifted its key overnight interest rate by 25 basis points on July 11 to 1.25% - the highest level since 2008 and the second hike this year - despite ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... breathing space as it proceeds with normalising interest rates. Then again, maybe not. The CPI inflation report released overnight showed that upward pressure on consumer prices is gaining momentum. Headline inflation accelerated to 2.9% in the year ...