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Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... another 3.6% versus the greenback this year, on top of its 13.8% gain in 2017. Never mind Trump, this alone calls for a currency war for as the latest HIS Markit Economics flash Eurozone PMI shows, "Eurozone expansion slows to weakest since start of ...

Former UniSuper investment analyst joins AustralianSuper

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... worked in the portfolio analysis and implementation team for the $65 billion fund, covering tactical asset allocation, currency overlay, in-house trading function, fund manager research, equity research, investment reporting, risk monitoring, fund rebalancing ...

Australia's first OTC trading desk for digital currencies opens

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
Australian crypto investors wanting to execute large digital currency trades will have an over-the-counter trading desk to go to from next week. Sydney-based Bitcoin and digital currency exchange Independent Reserve will go live with Australia's first ...

FinTech Australia appoints interim chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... driven the fintech agenda across the nation, resulting in real, positive change in areas such as crowdfunding, digital currency regulation and open data." "We started with 52 founding members - today we have well over 200, with strong connections across ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... Making sense of key economic data While already on an uptrend, S&P Global Ratings upgrade of Russia's foreign foreign currency long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings to investment grade of 'BBB-/A-3' from the junk level of 'BB+/B' on 23 February ...

Insto mandate seeds Aviva fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... picture than from the equity market and it's been allowed to persist because of this enormous QE." Munro is buoyed by local currency emerging market bonds which are above domestic inflation and have real yields. He believes a lot of people are assuming ...

Chief economist update: Trump spoils for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... necessary measures to protect its own rights." Trade war, here we come! And war of whatever nature - bow and arrows, nuclear, currency and trade. But - as the song goes - war is good for absolutely nothing. Case in point. To aid the US economy out of ...

SMSF trustees warned on non-compliant crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... Pleash said the cryptocurrency boom over the last 12 months has seen a number of SMSF trustees register with digital currency exchanges such as CoinSpot and Coinbase which only allow users to sign up in their own name. "In many cases, corporate trustees ...

Crypto hype drives new partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... ensure they are compliant if they do invest," Long said. "One of the most difficult aspects of accounting for crypto-currency in an SMSF portfolio is meeting the audit requirements." She added that Bitcoin Trader provides SMSF accountants with a comprehensive ...

SMSFs and instos driving crypto exchange growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... chief executive Adrian Pzrelozny said the firm is now well positioned to focus on its growing clientele. He said digital currency has reached a level of awareness where investors that have been waiting on the sidelines are now choosing to enter the market. ...