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Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... is not, according to the US Federal Reserve. On October 11, the Fed issued a press release explaining its plan to buy Treasury bills at "an initial pace of approximately $60 billion per month, starting with the period from mid-October [October 15] to ...

ETFS Capital backs indexing startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... marathon, not a sprint," Tuckwell said. ETFS Capital has previously also backed the London-based cash management fintech Treasury Spring, ETF analytics and data company ETFLogic and specialist ETF and index data/technology vendor ULTUMUS. In Australia ...

MLC Life appoints group insurance executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
MLC Life Insurance has appointed an executive lead to its group insurance business, recruiting from NSW Treasury. Andrea Forbes has joined MLC Life as executive lead - relationship management, group insurance. She joins from NSW Treasury where she was ...

Job cuts at RBC I&TS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
RBC Investor & Treasury Services has cut an undisclosed number of jobs from its Australian offices, the company said. RBC I&TS declined to confirm the numbers, but they are understood to be less than 100 contractor roles. "This program was aimed at ...

Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... according to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, with at least 11 of them being state-owned." However, US Treasury spokeswoman Monica Crowley denied all these, saying: "The administration is not contemplating blocking Chinese companies ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Forty percent of single women are estimated to retire in poverty, but Treasury think increasing the superannuation guarantee won't do much for women's lower superannuation balances. February documents released by the Treasury under freedom of information ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... analysis "deeply flawed", the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Rice Warner's Nathan Bonarius. Treasury emails published Friday, under a freedom of information request from The Australian Financial Review show it concluded ...

Super trustees must do better: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... been strengthened by stronger prudential standards and enforcement powers. Byres specifically noted the impact of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No 1) Bill 2019 and the new prudential ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Sub-one percent official cash rate here we come! The Australian dollar's near half a cent drop to US$67.84 on the day immediately following the US Federal Reserve's announced a 25 bp cut in the fed funds rate underscores financial markets' ...

La Trobe Financial expands executive team

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... bank executives to assist the company to deliver on growth prospects. David Bleakley has been appointed vice president treasury and settlement services. A bank industry veteran, he was most recently ANZ banking group's chief risk officer North America ...