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Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... late-1990's to mid-2000's when global economic activity was going gang-busters. But not now, not now when most major central banks around the planet are struggling to get inflation up to within their stated target rates - and this time, there's ...

Chief economist update: Fed cut and Trump's war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... sure and for certain, China will retaliate, further dampening overall world trade and global growth. Already, almost all central banks' statements allude to the ongoing Sino-US trade skirmish as one of the major risks to their respective domestic ...

RBA in no rush to lift cash rate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... spotlight to the stubborn inflation rates at a Sydney lunch yesterday. Speaking at Anika Foundation Luncheon, Lowe said the central bank's board thinks Australia is still "some time" away from getting the inflation rate to the target of two to three ...

Financial advice firm grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... EWM as part of the acquisition. It marks EWM's fourth office, with others in the Sydney CBD, Brisbane and on the NSW Central Coast. Both EWM and Warren McHattan Financial Services are licensed by Financial Wisdom, and EWM was the founding Australian ...

Deeming rate calculations should be independent: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... while 21% believed the responsibilities should remain with the Government, according to our spot poll. Deeming rules are a central part of the social security income test for pensioners including Veterans' Affairs allowances, according to the Department ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... their portfolios to weather possible market volatility, in the face of political uncertainty and diminished liquidity as Central Banks reign in their market involvement," he said. "We expect the increasing focus on sustainability to continue and anticipate ...

AMP Life sale blocked

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... exempts AMP Life from a number of legislative requirements in New Zealand. As a result, Resolution Life does not expect the central bank to approve an application that would satisfy the condition precedent. AMP agreed and said addressing these requirements ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... that in his speech at the RBA board dinner with the business community on June 4 - the night after the afternoon when the central bank announced its first rate cut since August 2016 - governor Philip Lowe declared 4.5% is the unemployment rate at which ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... results are from Invesco's Global Sovereign Asset Management Study conducted with 130 individual sovereign investors and central bank reserve managers across the globe representing $20.3 trillion of assets. The sample included six respondents from Australia ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... expectations for a 50 bps cut in July) that sent the A$ back down to US$0.6971. This has also reduced pressure on the Australian central bank to cut the official cash rate down to zero - as some "extremists" foresee. A floating currency is, after all ...