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Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... blockchain-based global trade transaction between two commercial banks. The transaction involved a shipment of 88 cotton bales from Texas to Qingdao, China using a distributed ledger known as Skuchain's Brackets system. In July 2017, ANZ and Westpac ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
Houston, do we have a problem? Oil has. It's back in a bear market - with the price of both the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent dropping by more than 20% from this year's highs. WTI oil edged up a little to US$42.73/barrel overnight after dropping ...

Oil's not so slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... US$53.29 - the day before OPEC announced the output cut extension before resuming its downtrend, taking the price of West Texas Intermediate oil down by 14.5% (from 24 May) and Brent 12.0% lower. The problem is that OPEC's reduced production is being ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... the full year and up 111.3% from the 2016 low of US$26.01/barrel recorded in January 2016. Similarly, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) surged to US$53.75/barrel at the close of last year's trading - up 44.8% for the year and 105.2% from the ...

Rainmaker hires former CIFR chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... academic appointments include roles at UNSW Business School, the University of Technology, Sydney, and the University of Texas at Austin. He has also served as a visiting scholar at the Investment Company Institute in Washington DC. Prior to his academic ...

CBA in world-first blockchain transaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... trade transaction between two independent banks via blockchain. The transaction involved a shipment of 88 cotton bales from Texas to Qingdao, China using a distributed ledger known as Skuchain's Brackets system. The blockchain was used across US-based ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... announced the "disappointing" stimulus measures on the 3rd of December. Last night, Brent closed at US$29.73/barrel and the West Texas Intermediate ended at US$29.53 - and expected to move even lower. Another "de"-flation risk is the ominous indication ...

JPM awarded industry fund research mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... for JPMAM in Australia, mirrors a similar agreement that the asset manager formed with the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. It will focus on innovative investment structures managed by JPAM's multi-asset solutions team, based in New York and London. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... deal to be acquired by Avago Technologies, which rose 7.8 per cent. The reports helped lift other chip companies, including Texas Instruments and Micron Technology. Dow member McDonald's rose 0.2 per cent as it announced it would stop reporting its sales ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... cents to $58.51 and Fortescue Metals fell two cents at $2.56. The energy stocks were the weakest performers, after the West Texas and Brent North Sea oil prices dived after hitting 2015 highs. Oil and gas explorer Woodside fell 46 cents, or 1.3 per cent ...