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Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Super Thursday. This is the term coined for the Bank of England's (BOE) data dump - announcing the monetary policy committee's (MPC) decision on interest rates, the MPC meeting minutes that led to the decision and the quarterly inflation report all ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
It's now safe to go back in the waters... This, perhaps, was what's in Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney mind when, a day after news of the Greek deal, he told the UK Treasury select committee that: "The point at which interest rates may begin ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading companies ended the day 1.40 per cent ahead at 6,581.63 points, after the Bank of England decided to keep its main lending rate at 0.50 per cent, where it has stood for more than six years. But it was largely reports ...

PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... The company made a terrible bet on the direction of UK interest rates and had to be basically bailed out by the Bank of England." S.G. Warburg was purchased by Swiss Bank Corporation in 1995 and became UBS Warburg after SBC merged with UBS in 1998. In ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... full-fledged rout. Perhaps, the Fed would find reasons to delay instead, just as the first central bank - the Bank of England (BOE) -- speculated to be the first off the rank to normalise policy did and has done again. Around this time last year, markets ...

Pubs satisfying BlackRock income thirst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... three roots of investors and each has about the same amount. UK domestic investors hold about $500 billion, the Bank of England owns $350 billion and non-UK investors own about $500 billion," Thiel said. "The perception of the election is incredibly ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
As expected, the Bank of England (BOE) decided to do nothing at its 9 April monetary policy meeting, stating that: "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... markets. Having typed "forward guidance" reminded me of the man who brought it first to central banks' lexicon - Bank of England's (BOE) Canadian central bank import, Mark Carney. Mark Carney has not lifted a finger - no alteration in monetary policy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... program on Monday. At closing, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.61 per cent to 6,961.14 points, as the Bank of England decided to hold interest rates at record lows. Frankfurt's DAX 30 closed one per cent higher to 11,449.30 points, and the ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... in 1979 and collapsed in 1992. It collapsed when the UK was forced to leave the ERM in September 1992 and the Bank of England (BOE) was forced to devalue the pound. But hey, the move turned seven quarters of economic contraction into an economic recovery ...