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ASIC bans former Westpac adviser

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... largest financial advice firms (NAB, Westpac, CBA, ANZ, Macquarie and AMP). ASIC has also penalised Synergy Financial Markets, a Sydney-based firm which trades equities and derivatives through two managed discretionary accounts for making false or misleading ...

XTB appoints new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... at Deutsche Bank, head of trading fixed income for Gen Re Financial Products and a member of the Australian Financial Markets Association market governance committee. "Ian's appointment to CIO is a pivotal milestone for the business," XTB chief executive ...

US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... America's non-farm payrolls report is called "The Mother of All Economic Reports" for nothing - it moves the US financial markets (and by extension, the global ones) up or down depending on the indications it presents when it's released. The US employment ...

Super funds condemn Trump climate withdrawal

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... takes a long-term view to our investments around the world. It is essential that the decision-makers in the financial markets, boardrooms and at a policy level take the same approach." BNY Mellon subsidiary Mellon Capital was more optimistic in light ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... the immortal quotes from the 1939 classic movie, "Gone With the Wind" and, it appears, the same words China's financial markets gave to Moody's Investors Service when it downgraded China's long-term local currency and foreign currency issuer ratings ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... May trading week). It appears that the US Federal Reserve has taken back the economic agenda from Trump. While financial markets already know the gist of the 2-3 May FOMC meeting from the monetary policy statement announced at its conclusion, the minutes ...

Macquarie to pay $2m following ASIC probe

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... Family's financial literacy program. "The wholesale spot foreign exchange market is one the world's largest financial markets and the proper functioning of this market is of vital importance to the Australian economy," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour ...

Financial services enters next cloud computing evolution

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... data management and information services across asset classes, bringing increased security and soundness to financial markets. In 2016, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at more than US$1.5 quadrillion.

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... March) and 1.83% at the start of 2017. These figures have reduced the odds for a Fed rate hike next month but financial markets are still betting on one with the probability tracked at 70% (from 80%). But wouldn't this further inflationary pressures ...

VFMC analyst joins DMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... equity analyst at VFMC and joins the boutique Australian equities manager with more than 12 years' experience in financial markets. Prior to VFMC, Bell also worked as an equity research analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and as an investment analyst ...