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Chief economist update: The greatest central banker of modern times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... that's so easy to say but difficult to apply - more so if you're the head of one of the world's biggest central banks, presiding over a fast slowing economy and running out of time. Such is departing ECB president Mario Draghi's predicament. ...

Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... market nations in their bid to develop conditions more conducive to private investment, with the development of new green banks. GIG is already working alongside the UN Green Climate Fund in Mongolia to develop a green bank - the Mongolian Green Finance ...

Undisclosed additional lending must stop

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... intercreditor deed with a non-bank lender. Metrics is one of the few non-bank lenders in the Australian market, he said, with whom banks have negotiated intercredited deeds, allowing Metrics to register second ranking mortgages and charges where it is ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... was also marked down by the Ethical Advisers' Co-op who said they were concerned about its holdings in the big four banks, Unilever and JD.com as well as its voting record. But HESTA has just been named in the United Nations Principles for Responsible ...

Chief economist update: Morrison, Frydenberg cannot have their surplus and eat it too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... obsession with achieving a Budget surplus. The Australian Financial Review 's (AFR) headlines say it all: "Morrison warns banks not to get 'sheepish" (September 25) and "Don't force banks to curb loans" - uttered by Australian Federal Treasurer ...

Morgans snaps up CommSec Advisory business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... year that it was considering the sale after offloading Count Financial for $2.5 million. The news comes as many of the big banks reconsider their advisory businesses following revelations from the Royal Commission. Westpac announced earlier this year ...

Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... down... Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please help me." -- The Beatles Most major world central banks have already cut interest rates (more than once) and/or restarted QE, or promised to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy ...

Banks face imminent disruption

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
The banks are facing big problems, according to Catherine Wood, chief executive of ARK Invest. Wood was asked at a Nikko Asset Management event how she considered banks to be positioned for the future. "Banks anywhere in the world have a big problem ...

Chief economist update: Plenty of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... oil prices like a hole in the head just now. They'll be a tax on consumption and production - the very ones central banks around the world are desperately trying to bump up. Trump's soothing words "we'd certainly like to avoid" a war, along ...

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... year. The bottom line is the Fed's future move depends on how the US dollar responds and how its counterpart central banks respond to the Fed's move and the greenback's weakness.