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Beyond 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
After three attempts over the past 10 years, the S&P/ASX 200 index finally got there - it broke above the formidable 6000-point resistance level. The Australian equity market's benchmark index closed up by 1% yesterday - a hefty day index return by ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... not grow. While the monthly figures show an improvement from decline of 0.3% in July and 0.5% in August to 0% in September (yes, no growth), the year-on-year tally shows the growth rate in retail spending slowing for the fourth straight month to 1.4% ...

Charter Hall launches fund, backs consumer spending

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Property fund manager Charter Hall is betting on Australians to maintain their spending patterns with the launch of a direct, multi-sector fund targeted at precincts tied to consumer staples. The Charter Hall Direct Diversified Consumer Staples Fund ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... September. This is hardly surprising given that "economic conditions" are evolving perhaps even better than Fed expectations. Yes, even better. It's all there in the opening sentence of the October FOMC statement: "Information received since the Federal ...

Banks will step out of wealth: Medcraft

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
Outgoing ASIC chair Greg Medcraft believes the big four banks will continue to sell wealth management arms because it's tough to restore the consumer trust repeatedly tarnished by these businesses. Speaking at a Sydney Financial Forum event yesterday ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
Three of the world's biggest central banks will meet this week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) had already started their monetary policy deliberations yesterday and is set to conclude later today. This is expected to be a non-event with policy unchanged and ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) not moving on interest rates when its board meets on Melbourne Cup Day, Tuesday 7 November. Yes Virginia, I know, it's like saying that sugar is sweet and made even sweeter (well depending on one's viewpoint, certainly ...

BEAR should apply to insurance bosses: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... widened to executives of life insurance companies, the latest spot poll results shows. All of the respondents gave a resounding 'yes', with 67% strongly agreeing and 33% agreeing that the BEAR should not just be isolated to banking executives. Last week ...

BEAR closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) is one step closer to being legislated with the Turnbull Government yesterday referring its Bill to the House of Representatives. Incorporating the Treasury Laws Amendment (Banking Executive Accountability ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... sector. An overall summary of the 12 district reports is prepared by a designated Federal Reserve Bank on a rotating basis." Yes Virginia, the Beige Book summarises the state of play in each of the 12 Federal Reserve districts. And if I may add, it's ...