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Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... people would agree that the cash rate of 4.35% is high, Paton said. "However, over the last 35 years the average central bank rate has been 4.42%. On a longer-term basis, today's rates are far more normal than those we had prior to May 2022." Paton ...

How will the Israel-Hamas conflict impact Australia?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... potential volatility, however, the primary concern remains the price of oil. Speaking to Financial Standard, Commonwealth Bank director of mining and energy commodities research Vivek Dhar, said that geopolitical risk in the Middle East mainly triggers ...

New global chief for William Blair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... his leadership, William Blair opened offices around the world and completed strategic partnerships with firms in Asia, Israel, and Australia. In Australia, William Blair has been operating under a strategic alliance with Allier Capital since 2016. "I ...

Frydenberg pledges to move on crypto regulation

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... the end of 2022. Frydenberg announced that the government will commence consultation on the feasibility of a retail Central Bank Digital Currency in Australia, with advice to be provided by the end of 2022. The Board of Taxation will also be charged ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... markets' interest rate hike expectations that were brought forward only a few days before. Consider these: In October, the Bank of Canada announced the end of its quantitative easing programme. This was followed very, very soon after by the Reserve Bank ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... monetary and fiscal policies. The ones that sent stock markets soaring to new heights. While concerns are building that central bank - the Fed especially - are behind the eight ball in terms of reining in inflation (because monetary operates with a lag) ...

KLP divests Israeli-linked settlement firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... response, it has excluded them from its portfolio. As of June 2021, some of the companies KLP no longer holds are Alstom, Bank Hapoalim, Motorola Solutions, Israel Discount Bank, Cellcom Israel and Paz Oil. Overall, their total assets add up to about ...

Pandemic boosts financial sector's engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... bosses held back promotions was a disappointment for many finance workers. Across the globe, ADP found that employees from Israel, Netherlands, Sweden, Taiwan and South Korea are the least resilient in facing their new work environment, meaning they ...

Australian banks among most fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... role in underwriting 1MDB bonds. The second largest US fine was $3 billion, handed to Wells Fargo after it was revealed the bank had set up millions of fake accounts. Australian banks came in second place, with just three fines managing to add up to ...

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... Goldman Sachs was number one, having paid US$3.97 billion in relation to settlement charges in Malaysia against the Wall Street bank for its role in helping to raise hundreds of millions for a sovereign wealth fund that was used as a personal piggy bank. ...
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