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Volcker Rule tweak gets green light

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Volcker Rule is the section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act ...

Former BTFG executive takes on new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... platform has been architected to capitalise on this opportunity. A modern global technology platform that is truly multi-currency, multi asset, with a rich managed accounts capability will be well received by the market." He added that Spitfire's immediate ...

NAB builds banking team, cuts fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... for business lending customers, repeat statement fees and extra fees applied on top of the conversion rate for foreign currency issuing. NAB chief customer officer Rachel Slade said the move was part of the bank's commitment to reduce complexity and ...

Chief economist update: China's great leap forward 70 years in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... 'A' shares in its stock market is now included in the MSCI indexes; and the Chinese yuan officially became a world currency on 1 October 2016 - making it the third reserve currency with a weighting of nearly 11% of the IMF's special drawing ...

Chief economist update: RBA cuts official cash rate to 0.75%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... ahead." The answer, my friend, is not blowin' in the wind as Bob Dylan would have you believe... the answer is the currency war (although only few admit the global interest rate race to the bottom as that). This is not lost on the RBA governor, however. ...

Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... building equity index capabilities was a natural extension of Bloomberg's existing suite of fixed income, commodity and currency indices. "We are responding to requests from investors to offer comprehensive and competitive equity index solutions to help ...

Big Super Day Out success, but more to be done

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... the system and although financial institutions try to engage with them through their own programs, they don't have the currency we have - the trust of the Indigenous community and the know-how for success. "It is telling that Indigenous people respond ...

Colchester launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... credit and hedge funds it can offer a liquid and simple alternative that may also have lower default risk; after all local currency emerging markets, as governments, can tax and print money which corporates cannot." Colchester said the fund is not intended ...

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... INTEREST COST COULD BE BROUGHT WAY DOWN, while at the same time substantially lengthening the term. We have the great currency, power, and balance sheet..." "The USA should always be paying the lowest rate. No Inflation! It is only the naivete of Jay ...

APRA hires from AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... investment risk. Ferguson joins the prudential regulator after more than five years at AustralianSuper, where he oversaw currency as a senior portfolio manager. Before joining the $169 billion industry fund, the new APRA head of investment risk enjoyed ...