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Showing 321 - 330 of 2015 results for "Financial Markets"

Pershing convicted for client breaches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... "Client money obligations protect investors, bolster investor confidence and underpin the integrity of Australian financial markets. If licensees don't take them seriously, they risk criminal conviction. ASIC will continue to closely supervise compliance ...

Former BNY Mellon IM country head joins Westpac

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... worth clients of Westpac's private wealth and business division. "Phil has over 25 years' experience in financial markets across the domestic and the international markets. He is a highly experienced professional with expertise across credit ...

IOOF increases FUMA, lifts remediation costs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... from continuing operations of $123 million to $125 million. The result has been impacted by the volatility in financial markets relating to the impacts of the pandemic. IOOF chief executive Renato Mota said: "The recent recovery in equity markets has ...

Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... latest climate change action. "It is more clear than ever that the climate crisis poses a systemic threat to financial markets and the real economy, with significant disruptive consequences on asset valuations and our nation's economic stability," the ...

Chief economist update: US-China tensions escalate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... President Trump and China's leader Xi could smooch and make up tomorrow but governments and central banks and financial markets around the world would still be scrambling until the covid-19 pandemic becomes history. Besides social isolation protocols ...

Westpac nabs Deutsche Bank executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... to the team," King said. "He has been in client facing roles for the past 20 years and has deep banking and financial markets experience, which will be invaluable as we work to further strengthen our relationships with our corporate and institutional ...

No such thing as a free lunch: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... bank is falling short of its goals and, crucially, when public debt is high and the government cannot borrow in financial markets on reasonable terms. "They argue that under these particular circumstances, central bank financing may be welfare enhancing ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... working. Loud controversies that end in somewhat complex but workable compromises are part of the game." The financial markets think so too. The Euro Stoxx-50 index rose by 0.5% on the day, the broader Stoxx 600 rallied by as much as 1.3% and closed ...

Opportunities in EM debt rebound: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Despite the dramatic rebound experienced in financial markets during the second quarter, Eaton Vance believes there are still pockets of opportunity in the emerging market sector. Buoyed by central bank and governmental policy responses around the world ...

Aussie equities stage recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... deeper declines in consumer spending and business bankruptcies. However, these are also causing overvaluation in financial markets. "Equities markets around the world recovered from the first quarter sell-off triggered by the coronavirus pandemic," the ...