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Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... imports. Wait there's more. With the core inflation rate at the bottom end of the RBA's 2%-3% target, the Australian central bank has the scope to lower interest rates if it becomes necessary.

Future Fund puts in another strong year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
The Future Fund has grown has almost doubled its assets under management to $118.4 billion from the initial investment of $60.5 billion seeded by the government in 2006. In a portfolio update briefing, the sovereign wealth fund said it has been paring ...

Down but upbeat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... from a year earlier. The Australian dollar has also fallen against the euro and the yen - despite their respective central bank's efforts to down their legal tenders - and also against the pound. And then there's cheaper oil - that boosts households' ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... banks to act, we are now witnessing the same. Yes, we can debate the good, the bad, the ugly or even the stupidity of central bank intervention, but in the absence of counter-factual - what would have happened if the central banks didn't back then? - ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Woe is us! Just as the European Central Bank (ECB) appears to be winning its fight against inflation, justifying its less-than-expected "go slow" on stimulus policy announcement last 3 December, crude oil comes along. Though minimal, latest Eurozone ...

Future Fund awarded sovereign investor of 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Australia's $118 billion sovereign wealth fund has been recognised for its restrained decision not to increase risk to chase returns in 2015, collecting sovereign investor of the year at the 2016 Central Banking Awards. Managing director of the Future ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... December Board meeting, the BOJ announced that it would be expanding the range of assets it will buy. The Japanese central bank said that it would buy exchange traded funds (ETF) at an annual pace of Â¥300 billion - in addition to the current Â¥3 ...

Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
... profits have grown at the same pace and thus valuations are not as stretched as might be expected. With supportive central bank and government policies in place, allied to improving corporate governance helping drive further balance sheet efficiency ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... Yellen). But doesn't the ECB's decision to announce less-er stimulus than what markets were expecting also imply the central bank's confidence in the Eurozone economy? Draghi said so himself, "Looking ahead, we expect the economic recovery to proceed. ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... already longer than 29 of the 33 expansions the U.S. economy has experienced since 1854." Likewise, "...no other central bank in the advanced world that has raised rates since the 2007-09 crisis has been able to sustain them at a higher level. That includes ...