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Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... euro's 4.5% depreciation versus the greenback last year has allowed the European Central Bank to end its asset purchase programme at the end of 2018. The euro's now appreciating as a result of the Fed's shift in stance. It has now risen by 1.8% since ...

Chief economist update: ECB bids farewell to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... rate at 0.25% - at its December 13 Governing Council meeting, it also confirmed that its €2.6 trillion asset purchase programme (APP) will be no more by the end of December this year. At the same time, "...the Governing Council intends to continue ...

New super fund to secure female financial security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... director. Hobbs has previously worked as an economist and food security expert for the United Nations' World Food Programme and is a former senate candidate for the Australian Greens. She began her career as a financial analyst and strategy adviser ...

Ganis brings the changes at YBR

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... YBR's funding and products division, which will see him focus on the successful launch of the firm's securitisation programme in early 2019. According to Ganis, having the right personnel in the right positions will allow the firm to execute against ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... non-standard monetary policy measures, the Governing Council will continue to make net purchases under the asset purchase programme (APP) at the new monthly pace of €15 billion until the end of December 2018. The Governing Council anticipates that ...

Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Financial advisers must band together to support their peers who are struggling to cope with the immense change occurring in the industry. Speaking at the AFA National Adviser Conference, Mindstar chief executive Aaron Williams said an increasing number ...

Chief economist update: A new currency is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... prices, wages and pensions that in simple terms mean that five zeros would be cut from pre-existing levels. Maduro's "programme for recovery, growth and economic prosperity" also includes other measures on financial reforms, lifting the value-added ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
Just as it was in late 2017/early 2018, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) once more hosed down recent speculations of a tweak in monetary policy towards an (early) exit. Sure, the Japanese central bank tweaked policy, but in the opposite direction. At the conclusion ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... what the BOJ would do but perhaps the more remarkable is the speculation that it would tweak its yield-curve control programme to allow for a more natural rise in long-term interest rates to alleviate the reduced profitability/losses among Japanese banks ...

FASEA names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... a comprehensive executive recruitment process, as the body moves into the practical implementation phase of its work programme. Describing his leadership style as measured, Walter said Glenfield's extensive expertise in financial services regulation ...