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Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... safe-haven buying of the Japanese yen. This would be a godsend for the BOJ. More so, given the latest indications from its purchasing managers' indices. The Jibun Bank Japan PMI indices all dropped into contraction territory - below 50 - in October. ...

Chief economist update: Is the A$ becoming a safe-haven currency?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... and a budget deficit of 4.6% of GDP for America. Another factor that determines relative exchange rates is inflation. Purchasing power parity dictates that the currency of the country with higher inflation must depreciate to adjust for price growth differences. ...

ASIC nudges robo-adviser to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... investment and superannuation recommendations. Plenty Plus provided advice on the establishment of self-managed super funds, purchasing property with super, commencing and ceasing pensions and contributions into super. ASIC raised concerns with Lime ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... easing is that you? Broadly defined by Investopedia, QE is when the Fed (central banks) increases the money supply by "purchasing assets with newly created bank reserves in order to provide banks with more liquidity". It looks like you! But nah, the ...

Unfair contract terms extended to insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... consumers and small businesses have the same protections regardless of which financial service or product they are purchasing," Frydenberg said. Currently, consumers are protected against UCTs that would cause a "significant imbalance in their rights ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... - based on its Big Mac index - show that POTUS has reason to cry foul. "The Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), which states that currencies should adjust until the price of an identical basket of goods-or in this case ...

Beware disruptors: Antipodes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... business model we don't want to own them." Savas says that she has observed a trend of these weak incumbent companies purchasing disrupters. She uses the example of IBM's recent purchase of RedHat. "They did that to keep their business alive," she says. ...

Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... believing only 60% would be assessed as an asset. When asked whether product providers should inform advisers prior to purchasing products that are more appropriate for self-funded retirees, Lowe confirmed advisers needed to be kept informed of which ...

Banks move to derisk, workforces shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... Standard director of economics and investments Ben Ong says. But super funds have incentive to stay in bank stocks and the purchasing power to buy more. "It is the same heavy weighting that, however, would prevent funds, particularly index funds, from ...

Royal Commission to disrupt product distribution: Roy Morgan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... problems reported were a result of consumers having insufficient financial literacy skills for the product they were purchasing and who were obtaining it through a channel not designed to focus on their best interests," he said. "This research shows ...