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Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... the divergence. "Monetary policy has become accommodative across the board, with unprecedented support from major central banks, and monetary easing in emerging markets including through first time use of unconventional policies," she said. "Discretionary ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... equities and bonds, the markets' performance since 2009 globally had seemed like a one-way street for investors, as central banks around the world sought to stabilise a financial system with negative-interest rate policy (NIRP) and its close cousin ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... and get this, the Nasdaq composite index has rallied to new record highs! Certainly, the flood of liquidity from central banks and government treasuries are underpinning equity market performance. So are equity purchases due to TINA - there is no alternative ...

Family office backs fixed income fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... billion in total execution volumes since its December start. It currently derives its revenue by charging fund managers and banks for successfully executed trades but has plans to explore two other streams: providing pricing data and valuations. "A lot ...

Aussie financial firms struggle to manage risk: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... revealing that risks are emerging more rapidly than ever before. More than 70 Australian senior risk executives from the major banks, insurers and wealth managers participated in the global study from Accenture, which found that only 8% of those surveyed ...

BlackRock drops fees on bond ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... Bloomberg index that measures the performance of the Australian corporate bond market after excluding issuance from the big four banks. IYLD is targeting 0.75% to 1% yield margin over the RBA cash rate and will charge 12bps per year as fees. The second ...

Advice group acquires software business

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... consulting, customization, workflow and e-learning management solutions to the advice industry. Its clients include Australian banks, mid-tier wealth institutions, financial advisories and dealer groups. Benbow said the COVID-19 crisis had opened advisers' ...

Clearstream rebrands Australian acquisition

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... international investors access the local market, it said, and will automate parts of funds services for Australian custodian banks, wrap platforms and wealth. This will allow them to benefit from lower costs, Clearstream said, as well as increased efficiency ...

Recruitment lifts as economy reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... way shy of the pre-COVID volumes and there is a long road ahead," Seek Australia and New Zealand managing director Kendra Banks said. "There are some promising signs with all states and territories showing an increase in job ad volumes compared to April ...

BlackRock iShares launches two ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... Bloomberg index that measures the performance of the Australian corporate bond market after excluding issuance from the big four banks. IYLD is targeting 0.75% to 1% yield margin over the RBA cash rate and will charge 12bps per year as fees. The second ...