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Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... China -- because it doesn't "help us" rein in Pyongyang - Beijing's outlook had been generally improving and its financial markets stable. Capital outflows have halted in recent months, underscored by the gentle but consistent increase China's foreign ...

IRESS secures NSX deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... across SMSF, wholesale and retail investors, using the market leading access model." IRESS managing director of financial markets for Australia and New Zealand Kirsty Gross added that this is good news for IRESS users as it "provides seamless access ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... major central bank that would soon follow the Fed towards normalisation, it would be the British central bank. Financial markets couldn't be faulted for bringing forward their expectations for policy normalisation in the UK especially after Governor ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... that of a concerted action towards policy normalisation, i.e., cheap money will soon be no more. But if the financial markets' negative reaction to these "talks" is any guide, normalisation would have to wait, or the very worst, it would be gradual and ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... pressures) that would them to normalise monetary policies. What's so bad with that? But that may take longer than financial markets' expectations du'jour. This is because of still low inflation. The ECB's Draghi explicitly stated at his Q&A forum of ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... program this year." No surprises here given the improving macro dynamics in the US economy. No surprises too that financial markets are speculating that the European Central Bank (ECB) would follow suit...and soon. After all the Eurozone economy's gaining ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... market expectations. Perhaps, the central banks' assessments and outlook are currently in sync with that of the financial markets. This is underscored by Factset's recent report that even the International Monetary Fund (IMF) "endorses the ECB's cautious ...

Saxo Capital Markets expands solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... chief executive Andrea Marani said. Saxo Capital Markets has some 30,000 tradable instruments across global financial markets serving private and institutional clients.

IRESS to support boutique firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... and trading capability, strong compliance focus and dedicated local support team. IRESS managing director of financial markets for Australia and New Zealand, Kirsty Gross, said the company is pleased to expand its relationship with Acorn Capital. "Acorn ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... normal. But unlike the Fed, Japan's economic fundamentals suggest that now is not yet the time. More so given the financial markets' reaction to this "exit news". As Bloomberg printed, "Japan's currency advanced against all its Group-of-10 peers" and ...