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Unclear disclosure costs bank $5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... international transaction fees, misleading customers to believe such fees apply only to transactions made in a foreign currency or with an overseas merchant. Westpac was similarly reprimanded in September 2016 for failing to disclose credit card purchases ...

Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... excluded. Goldman Sachs also filed registration statements with the SEC for the Goldman Sachs Access Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF, and the Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF. Goldman Sachs was granted permission to introduce ...

Citi boosts wealth team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... with four new hires. Danica Hampton joins Citi as head of investment specialists. Prior to this role she was head of currency overlay and solution sales at NAB; and global markets research senior strategist at the Bank of New Zealand. Simson Sanaphay ...

Record adviser numbers attend Sydney ABDO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... they are because the US and Europe are at 0% - the Reserve Bank of Australia is more concerned about what happens to the currency due to that yield differential than they are about arduously low interest rates," Carleton said. "Rates could rise irrespective ...

RBNZ on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... the official cash rate unchanged at 1.75% at its March policy meeting as widely expected because of two reasons: The currency. The New Zealand central bank is encouraged by the fall in the NZ$'s trade weighted exchange rate (down 4% since February) but ...

Legg Mason bond funds receive Zenith tick

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... conviction, value-driven approach that predominantly seeks to generate returns from global sovereign bonds, as well as currency and credit."

Doubting the benefit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... month. In his address, PM Li set a new growth target of "around 6.5%, or higher if possible" this year. The stock and currency markets were unimpressed (unconvinced?). The Shanghai Composite index added another 0.1% to the 1.1% lost in the week prior ...

ETFs are coming-of-age

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... building blocks which ETFs can offer," Vynokur said. "Domestic equities, international equities, cash, fixed income, currency, commodities strategy and outcome based products are now available to investors and we expect this will continue to grow in ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... mining investment, though at a slower pace, and a continued rise in non-commodity investment. Record low interest rates, currency depreciation and favourable business conditions on other fronts will support the investment. New liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The latest lending stats out of the Eurozone continue the developing good news story in the single currency area despite the lingering political uncertainty - elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany - Brexit and continuing terrorist threat ...