Australia alters tax code for capital-protected products

The Australian government has amended its tax treatment of capital-protected borrowings for all instruments entered into after May 13, in a move that may negatively affect the dynamics of the country's structured product market.

The new benchmark interest rate is now the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA's) indicator variable rate for standard housing loans, currently at 9.35%, rather than the RBA's indicator variable rate for personal unsecured loans, currently 14.55%.

"Interest expense on a

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Stemming the tide of rising FX settlement risk

As the trading of emerging markets currencies gathers pace and broader uncertainty sweeps across financial markets, CLS is exploring alternative services designed to mitigate settlement risk for the FX market

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