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Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
The Financial Services Council supports negotiations between Australia and the Council of the European Union to flesh out a free trade agreement. The FTA will widen the door for Australian funds to access Europe's sophisticated funds management ...

Chief economist update: When good oil goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
Let me take you down (no, I'm not going to Strawberry Fields) back to early 2016, when the US and the European Union decided to lift financial and oil sanctions on Iran. Almost immediately Tehran announced it's bringing back production to 3 million ...

FIIG Securities appoints Deutsche manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... senior executive to lead the new business. The Malta-based subsidiary gives FIIG the ability to operate in all 28 European Union members. FIIG named former senior global financial markets executive Peter Sorenson as chief executive of the new subsidi ...

FIIG Securities goes global, appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... in Malta, FIIG International provides the FIIG Group with an ability to operate in all 28 member nations of the European Union, allowing FIIG to bring greater fixed income investment options to Australian investors. The new subsidiary will be led by ...

PwC urges super trustees to fast-track GDPR compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Superannuation trustees unprepared for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regime must fast-track the necessary steps to comply with new, stringent privacy laws, PwC warns. Taking effect on 25 May 2018, GDPR applies to any ...

Government increases market manipulation penalties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... will align our regulatory regime with international best practice, including regimes in the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, Singapore and Canada."

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... long-standing commercial agreements, such as NAFTA and the economic arrangements between the UK and rest of the European Union, are under renegotiation. An increase in trade barriers and regulatory realignments, in the context of these negotiations or ...

Australia increases foreign direct investment inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... UNCTAD said. Developing Asia regained its position as the largest FDI recipient region in the world, followed by the European Union and North America. The report showed cross-border mergers and acquisitions declined in 2017, after three years of growth. ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... in its December 2017 monetary policy statement, "Developments regarding the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union - and in particular the reaction of households, businesses and asset prices to them - remain the most significant influence ...

Majority ready for MiFID II: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... have to be recorded and kept in a vault, he said. He urged Australian entities with financial instruments within a European Union trading venue to take all the necessary precautions and steps to provide best execution to clients by documenting, monitoring ...