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Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... to possibly list five passively hedge fund-type ETFs and six actively managed ETFs. In October last year, Wall Street Journal reported that junk bond trader at Goldman Sachs, Tom Malafronte, earned more than $US100 million in trading profits for the ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... Governor Haruhiko Kuroda insists that there is still room for interest rates to go even more negative, the 'Wall Street Journal' reports that Kuroda is seeing the negative side of cutting negative interest rates deeper into the negative. "The BOJ governor ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... the instrument. Some investors were geared three to four times their original investment. According to the Wall Street Journal, an SEC proposed rule could treat leveraged ETFs like mutual funds, which could impact the way some investors, particularly ...

Competitive forces driving US pension fees down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... attacking companies for using plans with high charges has also put the focus on lower-priced options. The Wall Street Journal said a new Labor Department rule that holds financial advisers to higher standards of behavior will likely lead many plans to ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... surprisingly, Fed rhetoric has turned dovish. Fed Governor Lael Brainard's comment is the latest. She told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that, "Recent developments reinforce the case for watchful waiting" because slow growth in the developed economies ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... "we have the power, the willingness and the determination to act". The BOJ might not be too far behind. The Wall Street Journal quoted an aide of PM Abe saying that, "Conditions for additional easing have fallen into place". China's doing its bit too. ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... keeping the target federal funds rate below levels the Committee views as normal in the longer run". As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) puts it, "In December 2016, for example, the Fed projects a 1.375% fed-funds rate. Futures markets put it at 0.76%." ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... bond market is taking a hit. Third Avenue Management's high-yield credit fund shut down last Friday and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that Stone Lion Capital Partners has suspended redemptions in its credit funds. Commodity markets are the same......and ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... Fed watch the economic data and financial market developments are more certain - the latest result of the Wall Street Journal's (WSJ) monthly survey shows that 64% of them believe the 15-16 December FOMC meeting will produce a lift-off. What's that joke ...

Global Financial Inclusion winners announced

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
The Wall Street Journal's Financial Inclusion Challenge, supported by the MetLife Foundation, has been recognised by The Asia Society in Hong Kong. The Challenge is a global project launched in Asia to recognise innovative, sustainable, scalable strategies ...