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ASIC needs tougher, direct powers: Taskforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... urged the Federal Government to give ASIC "stronger regulatory tools" to deal with misconduct that occurs in the financial markets and financial services sectors. It proposed huge increases in civil penalties for individuals from $200,000 to $525,000 ...

Mason Stevens expands fixed income, appoints SMA manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... strategic trading for Lloyds Banking Group and co-head of market risk (Sydney) for ANZ's institutional banking and financial markets business. A Chartered Financial Analyst with a background in actuarial studies, he has also held various roles with Commonwealth ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Financial markets got what they wished for from the world's three biggest central banks that met last week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ), the Fed and the Bank of England (BOE) all delivered as expected but not without help from the repeated and reiterated ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... competitiveness of UK exporters as well as domestic import-competing companies' earnings. This is also because financial markets are factoring in a gentle approach towards normalisation as indicated by the drop in the policy-sensitive yield on two-year ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... since December 2008) and benefits - up by 2.5% (the fastest since March 2015). This, apart from the fact that financial markets are already positioned for it, makes a rate hike in December all but certain.

Fintech exposes SMSFs to global shares

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... services and developing new products as it readies for growth in Australia. Most recently he was the global head of financial markets at IRESS, and prior to that was a long-serving Macquarie Group executive, working across private wealth, mortgages ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... Although there are other fishes to fry - Trump tax cuts, Trump nomination of new Fed head, low volatility in the financial markets (read, complacency), perhaps even "irrational exuberance" - the US economy proceeds as it had been doing since the last ...

China A-shares ETFs launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... Media and founder of Caixin Insight Group, Hu Shuli, said: "As the Chinese economy continues to expand, its financial markets become increasingly relevant for global investors. We are committed to provide the best financial content through our international ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... weight and relevance to the Fed's discussions. But it hasn't received much attention of late nor has it moved financial markets. Perhaps it's because it's been singing the same old song (at least since the start of this year) - that of moderate to modest ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... exit strategy but the actual "timing" of the exit. The "beginning of next year" looks ideal given the euro area financial markets' performance of late. Despite the euro's 12.4% appreciation versus the US dollar this year to date to US$1.18, the Stoxx-50 ...