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Airlie selects RBC as custodian

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... launch of his new venture last month has turned heads in the funds management industry. RBC is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada with US$ 2.9 trillion in client assets under administration. In addition to custody, the firm has also been mandated to ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... "enhanced and permanent presence on the ground" to readily monitor and check Greece's compliance. Likewise, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) reports that, "There will be measures to better trace and monitor official borrowing including ensuring that coupons ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... big CB's plus one. The US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank announced that they were pumping more liquidity in the financial system - by lowering the interest ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... of the world's biggest central banks -US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank - sent financial markets soaring overnight. Whoops, better make it seven central banks. Because a couple ...

RBC Dexia opens Thailand for Aberdeen

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Pacific region with capabilities in Thailand, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. RBC Dexia, owned by Royal Bank of Canada and Dexia, advises clients with US$2.8 trillion in assets around the world.

New tool for institutionals

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... robust, intuitive and designed to integrate clients' data within their business processes. RBC Dexia, owned by Royal Bank of Canada and Dexia, is one of the largest providers of institutional risk and investment analytics services in Canada, and has ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... cuts since World War II and the global economy cools." Good now, convulsions later. But back in North America, the Bank of Canada raised interest rates the same week as the BOJ and the BOE kept theirs on ice. The BOC increased rates by 25 bps to 1 per ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... voila! We have confusion. Try reconciling these for instance: Japan revving up its quantitative easing versus the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's interest rate hikes; speculation of a slowdown in China and the Chinese property market ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... construction spending increased by 2.7 per cent - more than forecasts for a flat reading. And did you read about the Bank of Canada doubling its interest rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent yesterday? Can't find fault with that. Not with reports ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... of Japan, will allow them to provide the "full allotment" of US dollars as needed. A separate swap line with the Bank of Canada will support as much as $30 billion, the Fed said. The swaps were authorised through January 2011." With all guns blazing ...