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And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
The "mother of all eco stats" - the US employment report - has been released. But it was neither here nor there and by the looks of it, it didn't make an iota of a difference that the Fed will raise the fed funds rate by another 25 basis points ...

Royal Commission on social media: Executives grilled

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... consultant Dominic Dirupo said ASIC priorities are out of order. Surely 1 of the most ridiculous things to come out of 60 odd days of the Royal Commission - media coverage or lack thereof determined the bonus levels for the senior staff at Australia's ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
In a way, you know, I know, the world knows already about the case of the slowdown in global growth. The Organisations for Economic Development and Cooperation's (OECD) recently-released the OECD Economic Outlook and Interim Economic Outlook report ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
The tug-o-war between the bulls and the bears continues on Wall Street as 2018 draws to a close. Whether this state of affairs - or better yet, resolved one way of another (up or down) - depends primarily on the end game of the on-going trade stoush ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
This from the morning Factset 'Top Stories' feed: Why are stocks lower? Weakness in US equities follows big bounce over last couple of weeks in the wake of October selloff. iPhone demand concerns weighing heavily on AAPL-US, supply chain names ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
It's the first Tuesday of November - the time when the "Melbourne Cup" runs and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets only a few hours apart. All bets are on! There are so many odds on the various horses running in the Cup but there's only ...

Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
Financial markets expect the US Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting this week (7-8 November) to be a ho-hum event. In fact, the CME FedWatch Tool puts the probability of the Fed keeping the fed funds rate at 2-2.25% at 92.8% - almost a sure "no change" ...

Billionaire investor says markets in late cycle but anything possible

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Oaktree Capital Management cofounder Howard Marks says the current bull market is in a late stage but it could still go "up, sideways or down." Marks's firm has more than US$120 billion in assets under management. He addressed a media briefing in ...

Risk and compliance expertise in demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
Risk and compliance officers and in-house corporate lawyers are highly in-demand talent thanks to the Royal Commission, which has helped boost the professionals' pay grade well above the national average. This is based on a Robert Walters wage analysis ...

Risk and compliance expertise in demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
Risk and compliance officers and in-house corporate lawyers are highly in-demand talent thanks to the Royal Commission, which has helped boost the professionals' pay grade well above the national average. This is based on a Robert Walters wage analysis ...