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Infrastructure Capital hires from Frontier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... utilities at HSBC Global Banking and Markets. Meena Samaan has also joined ICG as director. He joins from Royal Bank of Canada where he was director of infrastructure. Samaan's focus at ICG will be on deal execution. Finally, Andrew Carman has been appointed ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... earnings beating consensus expectations, strengthening recovery in global economic growth - so much so that the Bank of Canada (BOC) even made headlines as it became the first central bank in the world to taper - the surge in vaccinations in Europe while ...

Chief economist update: Bank of Canada walks the talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... haven't walked their talks - preferring to wait for days better than the optimistic ones they anticipate. Not the Bank of Canada (BOC). It decided to taper QE at the conclusion of its April 21 meeting, to wit: "The Bank of Canada today held its target ...

International consortium sets sights on Optus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... Stilmark and US neutral host wireless network operators in ATN International have appointed Q Advisors and Royal Bank of Canada as financial advisers to the sale process. The consortium wishes to pursue opportunities driven by growing infrastructure ...

Netwealth appoints international custodian

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... Citi Australia said it is looking to add over 20 custody clients and employees in the next 12 months, as Royal Bank of Canada (RBC's) March client transfer agreement with Citi comes into effect. "Citi is particularly well placed to facilitate Netwealth's ...

Citi to expand local securities team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... Citi is expecting to build out its Sydney footprint after it finalised a client transfer agreement with the Royal Bank of Canada which sees clients of RBC transition to the global bank's local securities services arm over the next two years. At the ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... outbreak, ahead of its scheduled 17-18 March FOMC meeting, where it's expected to cut interest rates again. The Bank of Canada (BOC) cuts its benchmark interest rates by 50 basis points to 1.25%. The Bank of England (BOE) also slashed interest rates ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
When you read reports that police have tasered a man over an argument over toilet paper, you know that the coronavirus hysteria has come to Australia. This followed news of emptied toilet paper shelves at supermarkets that has now extended to "necessities" ...

US real estate manager eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... said. Unison was set up in 2006 and has attracted venture capital from Citi Ventures, F-Prime (Fidelity) and Royal Bank of Canada in previous raisings. Earlier this year, Akindred took on the third-party distribution of private debt boutique Manning ...

Investec scores ADI licence

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... Investec plc, is now operating as a foreign ADI. BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, UBS AG, Credit Suisse AG and Royal Bank of Canada are some examples of foreign banks that operate as ADIs in Australia. Deposit-taking activities are limited to a minimum ...