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Showing 611 - 620 of 2018 results for "Financial Markets"

Suitability: more than risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... still maintain their existing standard of living. In addition, the client's own knowledge and experience of the financial markets as well as their outlook on future performance should also be incorporated into the decision-making process. Correia said ...

Liquidnet promotes Australian leader, names successor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... dark liquidity and institutional algorithm trading businesses." O'Brien has more than 12 years' experience in financial markets and joins Liquidnet from TradingScreen, where he was a director and head of Australia and New Zealand. Prior to his role at ...

ASX flags imminent blockchain transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... of platform technology will not only reduce costs and risks for companies, but facilitate innovation in the financial markets. A third party has been commissioned to review DLT and in December this year the exchange will decide on whether or not it will ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... opportunities stemming from the transition to a low-carbon economy." Fund chief investment officer Matt Whineray said financial markets were under-pricing climate change risk over the fund's long investment timeframe. "The global energy system is transitioning ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... what we already know of each players' character and temperament neither Donald nor Jong-un would back down. Financial markets are correct to be worried. The VIX index - the "fear gauge" - jumped by 44.4% overnight; the S&P 500 index dropped by 1.5% ...

New Zealand advice industry to be overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... Services Legislation Amendment Bill, which was introduced to Parliament recently, is an omnibus Bill to amend the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMC Act) and the Financial Services Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 (FSP Act) ...

RBI succumbs to low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... bps hike announced only four months before) - following its 2 August Monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting. Financial markets widely expected the decision given India's deteriorating growth and inflation fundamentals. GDP slowed sharply to 6.1% in ...

Warne flags executive reshuffle at Macquarie AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... committee. As above, these changes follow Macquarie merging Macquarie Securities Group (MSG) and the Commodities and Financial Markets Group (CFM) in November, creating the Commodities and Global Markets Group (CGM). MSG head Stevan Vrcelj announced ...

Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... US$69.1 trillion in 2016, such figures can be "deceptive" because they are ultimately the result of buoyant financial markets, the annual BCG innovator's advantage report found. BCG confirmed real challenges the industry faces by analysing the performance ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... Bank of Canada's (BOC) decision to lift its benchmark rate by 25 bps to 0.75% overnight came as no surprise to financial markets. This was telegraphed in late June by BOC chief Stephen Poloz when he commented that interest rate cuts "have done their ...