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Pension fund joins action against Facebook

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... press for core governance standards such as board diversity, board independence, and proportionate voting rights that are central to ensure accountability at public companies," CalSTRS portfolio manager of sustainable investment and stewardship strategies ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... straight after his victory and his tax cuts and increased infrastructure spending. So much so, that financial markets and central banks were counting the days when (not if) monetary policy will be returned to normal. Then Trump had to say something stupid ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... uncertainties - global growth, political, geo-political - will keep the Japanese yen well-bid, frustrating the Japanese central bank's efforts at lifting inflation. Already, the BOJ's small progress on core inflation has reversed. After reaching ...

Frydenberg flags new advice disciplinary system

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
A new disciplinary system for financial advisers with a central disciplinary body headlines the government's Royal Commission implementation roadmap released today. Revealing how the government will tackle the 76 recommendations made by Commissioner ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... up but safehaven currencies such as the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen are upper; gold's in, copper is out. Even central banks are busily preparing for the "R" contingency. The Fed's mulling negative interest rates; the ECB's forward-guiding ...

APRA opens margin requirement talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
Super funds and life insurers have two weeks to air their opinions on APRA's proposed amendments to its margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives. Consultation has opened for APRA-regulated entities to consult with the prudential regulator ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... unemployment rate jumped from 7.8% in 1930 to 25.1% three years later. More worrying at this point in time is the fact that central bank policy rates have very little room to stimulate their respective economies by lowering interest rates... just when ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... ball's prediction (made two days prior) that the RBA is heading to zero. Read governor Lowe's lips: "Globally, if all central banks go to zero, then we'd have to consider that as well."... and more, if necessary: "We are prepared to do unconventional ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... yields. If the relatively stronger economic growth in the past wasn't able to sustainably lift inflation to within central bank targets, what more now that growth around the world is decelerating. Note: the People's Bank of China's inflation ...

Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
It's a hat trick! Three central bank meetings, all three cut interest rates, all three policy decisions a surprise. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) cut the official cash rate by 50 bps to a new record low of 1% at its August meeting. This ...