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APRA appoints new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... to joining APRA when it was established in 1998, Byres served as a senior manager in the Bank Supervision Department at the RBA. Dr John Laker has agreed to continue on as APRA chair until 30 June 2014, when Byers term on the Basel Committee comes to ...

All eyes and ears on Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... share price index futures contract was up 34 points at 5,053. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases the minutes of its March board meeting, RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Dr Guy Debelle speaks on the topic ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... interest rates implemented by the Reserve Bank of Australia about a year or so before? If you bother to read the nuances of RBA chief Glen Stevens' statements over the past two months, it certainly is looking that way. On 22 February, Governor Glen told ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... and another in 2007-2009. Growth is relatively more stable in Australia, Inc. than USA, Inc. And if the economy falters? The RBA has plenty of room still to apply conventional monetary policy accommodation. The Fed, on the other hand, have no other choice ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... next meeting in April when Kuroda takes over outgoing governor Shirakawa. But for today, let's sit and wait for our very own RBA to do nothing.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... March share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,961. In economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens is to appear before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Canberra. In ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4,987. In economic news on Friday, Researve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor (economic) Christopher Kent is scheduled to speak at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... -- from 100.6 in the previous month. But...but, but wasn't it exactly just a week ago that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lowered its growth outlook for this year? And we have it in black and white. In its quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy ...

Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... for fixed income assets on a yield basis though they serve as a useful hedge," he explained. "Interest rate cuts from the RBA will cause a natural drift into equities as the risk-free rate comes under pressure and there will be pressure on company CFOs ...