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Former QIC director joins FIIG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... abroad, Mackie adds further depth and breadth to the team, Connors said. Mackie's 25 years of experience in the financial markets involved working in a variety of directorial roles, namely as head of European swaps trading at RBC Capital Markets, head ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... wrong with that? The recent correction on Wall Street, if at all, removes the froth and the complacency in the financial markets, aligning it more with America's economic fundamentals. Surely, as Newton's law of motion - "an object either remains at ...

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... rates are also returning to normal levels. Inflation and low interest rates will be two key factors for the financial markets this year, although the former doesn't have the impact it once did, Baur said. "If that's the case, that means good long-term ...

CBA embroiled in rate-rigging allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... market instruments used by banks to borrow or lend, which help determine the key reference rate in Australia's financial markets. Court filings show CBA, from time to time, traded in the bank bill market with the purpose of affecting the yield and the ...

Bitcoin bubble will burst in 2018: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... growth in cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency-related products. In a letter penned to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and Investment Company Institute, the SEC raised numerous questions, including how funds value holdings in ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... 60.6 and a jump in the services PMI to a six and a half year high of 56.6. With growth indications like these, financial markets have every reason to speculate on a sooner-rather-than-later stimulus withdrawal. But the ECB's pushback is equally rationale ...

Global fintech firm to launch in APAC

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
A global provider of networking and communications tools for financial markets will launch its flagship software platform in the Asia-Pacific market. IPC will launch Unigy 360, a software-as-a-service platform derived from the company's existing Unigy ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... to the global economy. Speaking to Financial Standard, Baur said the world economy is travelling better than financial markets, and although this will continue in coming years it is likely to decelerate. At the 2017 forum, Baur detailed how the world ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... forum, held at The Westin in Sydney, covered off Trump's impact on the US economy and the global economy and financial markets in general; it also mentioned the potential impact of several European elections; central bank policy; commodity and property ...

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... time in years that the MYEFO budget aggregates forecasts were revised higher from the May Budget. Australian financial markets showed little, if at all, reaction to the MYEFO reveal. The Australian dollar rose by a mere 0.3% to US$0.7665 and the yield ...