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ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... the Bank of China have signed a heads of agreement to develop the Renminbi (RMB) as a currency in Australia's financial markets. The heads of agreement complements the recent appointment of the Bank of China as the official RMB clearing bank in Australia ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
One month's tick up in a single index is all it took for euro area financial markets to go loco. Yes Virginia, they've gone loco over reports that economic sentiment in the region's locomotive - Germany -- rebounded (big time) in November after falling ...

No Westpac leadership changes after Gail Kelly departure

LAURA MILLAN, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... the Australian Bankers' Association and a non-executive director of the Business Council of Australia and the Financial Markets Foundation for Children. Internationally, Kelly is vice president of the International Monetary Conference, sits on the Global ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... will likely be lifted after trading begins." The move brings China closer towards its goal of opening up its financial markets and integrating them into the world of global finance. Didn't we say PM Li gets what PM Li likes?

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... implementation of this decision, the ruble exchange rate will be determined predominantly by the market factors." Financial markets more than "shirt-fronted" the ruble, they dropped it. The Russian ruble tumbled by 8.2% to 46.83 per US dollar at the ...

BetaShares launches new equity income fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... retirees and investors who are seeking attractive income, but who may be concerned by the uncertain nature of financial markets," BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. "In addition, the fund provides investors the opportunity to earn high levels ...

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... who are more likely to spend their gains than wealthy sheikhdoms". The last time I ranted about oil was when financial markets picked up the International Energy Agency's (IEA) prediction of increased supply and reduced demand for the commodity. That ...

Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... annualised 3.5% in the third quarter following the outsized 4.6% payback in the second. This is more than the 3.0% financial markets expected and the strongest six-month growth pace since the second semester of 2003. We'll leave the US of A for now to ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... QE is dead! Long live QE! Well that went well, didn't it Virginia? The death of QE3 caused little stir in the financial markets - the S&P 500 index lost a teenie-weenie 0.1%; yields on 10-year US Treasuries increased by a small 0.02 percentage point ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... then again too few to mention" but by reducing the QE does US$10 billion at a time, they're able to wean the financial markets off the "juice". At least, that's how it seems based on today's wrap-up on Wall Street... could be just a case of "buy the ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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