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Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... the deposit facility by 10 basis points to -0.5% and announcement to "restart net purchases under its asset purchase programme (APP) at a monthly pace of €20 billion as from November 1." The US dollar has appreciated by 3.8% versus the Japanese yen ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... adjustments to the forward guidance on the key ECB interest rates, (iii) the restart of net purchases under the asset purchase programme (APP), (iv) modifications to the modalities of the new series of targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO ...

Chief economist update: The greatest central banker of modern times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... adjustments to the forward guidance on the key ECB interest rates, (iii) the restart of net purchases under the asset purchase programme (APP), (iv) modifications to the modalities of the new series of targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ needs to run faster to stay in the running

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... same month - lowered the deposit rate by 10 bps to -0.50%; announced that it will be re-starting its asset purchase programme at a monthly pace of €20 billion from 1 November; and forward-guided that "remain at their present or lower levels until we ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... projection horizon," it said. "Second, the Governing Council decided to restart net purchases under its asset purchase programme (APP) at a monthly pace of €20 billion as from November 1. We expect them to run for as long as necessary to reinforce ...

YBR to remediate wealth clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... sample-based review was conducted to estimate the fees that may need to be refunded and if it indeed breached the Act. "That programme has not yet been completed and is ongoing. The consolidated entity has raised a provision for instances where it is ...

New investment role at industry fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... experience in financial services to the new role, having led large international operating teams. He was most recently programme director at BNP Paribas. "I'm looking forward to joining HESTA to help in further building the fund into a leading global ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
Advocates of impact investing are in fear for the future of the movement, issuing warnings about the dangers of impact-washing. A recent analysis of green themed funds around the globe found 85% make unsubstantiated and misleading impact-related claims ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... system and the economy in general. It maintained interest rate settings at its April meeting, as well as its bond buying programme - an annual pace of increase of about ¥80 trillion. Chances are the BOJ will offer more of the same when it concludes ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... monetary policy towards normality. But perhaps, it was a little too soon when it ended its â,¬2.6 trillion asset purchase programme (APP) on 31 December 2018. More so because it sent the euro/US$ rate climbing back up - a lever it could have used to ...