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PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... IT training working as an analyst programmer on a core accounting system. He was tasked with getting the system multi-currency capable in less than six months or, he was told, the business was doomed. More than 10 years later, the platform was still ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... US dollar weakness has prompted China, Russia and India to propose that the greenback be replaced by a multi-reserve currency system. When faith in the fiat currency is lost, hard commodities such as gold provide a safer haven. Explanation two. Because ...

Higher US rates will test investors' nerves: QIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... illiquidity caused by increased regulation in the finance sector, as well as an increased interest in the Chinese Renminbi as a currency. "Investors should understand that the return of the term premium does not signal a return to 'normal'," King said. ...

Towers Watson hires senior consultant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Australia's leading strategic thinkers on alternative assets and has published research on a range of issues, including currency management, global macro investing, direct investing by asset owners, hedge funds and investment manager fees."

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... that, in turn, would support the Aussie. Too, a Grexit would put the entire euro experiment - and the euro as reserve currency -- at risk prompting central banks to dump euros and buy a triple-A rated currency like the dollar-A. It could be that the ...

AustralianSuper posts double digit returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... $65 billion of members' retirement savings. AustralianSuper said in a statement the results reflect strong returns from currency and global equity markets and growing success of diversification into unlisted property and infrastructure assets. "Over ...

Australian market skids on Greece

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... the country needs to avoid default and a banking collapse. The `No' vote makes a chaotic departure from the shared euro currency more likely, experts say, though negotiations will resume. Mr Spooner said the Greek referendum result now created uncertainty ...

Oxi Oxi Oxi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... wrong." And then 'Houston, we all have a problem'... if the Euro collapses. Remember that the Euro is now a major reserve currency - though down from representing about 28% of global reserves in 2008, IMF data shows that the Euro accounted for 22% of ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... adjust imbalances in current accounts and labour markets resulting from differences in the countries' competitiveness, currency unions need a rebalancing mechanism as a substitute for the previous mechanism of appreciation or depreciation of the national ...

LGS and Intrust Super appoint J.P. Morgan as custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... management. J.P. Morgan will provide custody, fund accounting, unit pricing, performance and compliance reporting, passive currency overlay and unlisted asset administration. Intrust Super chief executive, Brendan O'Farrell, commented it was essential ...