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Financial software firm strengthens leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... where he was Australasian head of sales. He has previously held roles at RBC Investor & Treasury Services, Royal Bank of Canada and SimCorp. "I am delighted to be joining the team at SS&C," Tremelling said. "As the investment industry continues to embrace ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... hawkish policy leanings from the Bank of England ("an ongoing tightening of monetary policy would be appropriate"); Bank of Canada ("interest rates to its neutral range 2.5% -3.5%); and the Reserve Bank of Australia ("the next move in interest rate is ...

Credit Suisse promotes private banking specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... manager, becoming team leader in 2013 and market leader in 2017. He previously worked at Macquarie Group, the Royal Bank of Canada and Hambros Bank. He also served seven years in the British Army. In announcing the appointment, Wade said Marr brings ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... to Trump's not so subtle remarks. Our problem, Houston, is what happens in America does not stay there. The Bank of Canada (BOC) can thank its lucky stars there's no Trump to "guide" its policy decisions and more importantly, its next-door neighbour's ...

Global investment bank expands Australian team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
The investment banking arm of the Royal Bank of Canada expanded its Australian distribution with the appointment of a head of fixed income sales. New York based Christopher Muirhead will join RBC Capital Markets Australian team in Sydney, linking from ...

Industry veteran joins RBC, targets Australian growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
RBC Investor and Treasury Services, part of Royal Bank of Canada, announced the appointment of an industry veteran as managing director, head of global client coverage Australia. David Brown joins RBC I&TS with more than 29 years' experience in financial ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
The financial headlines talked about the Bank of Canada's (BOC) decision last night to raise its benchmark overnight rate by 25 basis points to 1% - and the Bank Rate and the deposit rate by the same to 1.25% and 0.75% - as having taken the markets ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Unlike the Bank of Canada (BOC) which he headed from 2008-2013, now Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney didn't follow through on the remarks he made at the European Central Bank Forum in Portugal that, "Some removal of monetary stimulus is likely ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... no other than the pound's depreciation since the Brexit vote. But even the BOE consider this as temporary. The Bank of Canada (BOC) justified its recent rate hike to the lagged effect of the transmission mechanism of monetary. The BOC wanted to pre-empt ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... central banks must target future inflation by anticipating future deviations from target." These were the words of Bank of Canada (BOC) governor Stephen Poloz that helped justify the Canadian central bank's decision to lift interest rates by 25 basis ...