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Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... December last year, where they agreed to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), this is because "the United States... is now the world's biggest crude oil producer" - surpassing Saudi Arabia ...

Link hires former State Street MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... transformations. Link Fund Solutions provides outsourced middle and back office administration, fund accounting services and transfer agency services to more than 100 clients with over $50 billion of funds under administration. The division Link Fund ...

Super a money laundering target: AUSTRAC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... the superannuation sector, outlining the risks facing the guardians of Australia's nest eggs. The financial intelligence agency is concerned about the potential for super funds to be caught out, as financial criminals begin to target the burgeoning $2.7 ...

FASEA releases draft degree requirement legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... and to re-assess RPL awarded if it is thought to breach guidelines set by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. FASEA also laid out the process for education providers to have their courses approved by the authority and provided an initial ...

Frydenberg splashes $50m to pursue financial services crime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... financial services. The moves follow Frydenberg's funding boost for the prudential regulator, APRA, earlier this month. The agency was awarded an additional $58.7 million in funding over the next four years, which is designed to swell the number of frontline ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... big issues," he said. "These include the need to develop stronger leadership, respond effectively to regulation, manage agency issues and improve control over outcomes." Globally, pension funds were the biggest asset owners, taking up 61% of the total ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... policy tools to support banks' credit expansion. Liu Shiyu, head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said his agency encouraged local government-backed funds to help ease pressures created by share-pledge risks. Guo Shuqing, chairman of ...

J.P. Morgan expands derivatives clearing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
J.P. Morgan has become the first over the counter (OTC) clearing participant to launch an agency clearing service through the ASX for AUD and NZD denominated derivatives. The clearing broker's Australian-domiciled clients will now be able to keep all ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... threats of sanctions on countries importing Iranian oil). In its Oil Market Report for August, the International Energy Agency (IEA) did not attribute rising oil prices to OPEC: "Global supply in August reached a record 100 mb/d as higher output from ...

AAT overrides adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... insurance for vehicles and asset protection. The banning came after ASIC and the Queensland Police collaborated in a joint agency surveillance campaign to identify and remove criminal syndicate and outlaw motorcycle gang members with dishonesty convictions ...