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Dividend payouts stagnate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
ASX-listed companies continued to hold off paying dividends, extending a five-year long trend, a global index shows. According to Janus Henderson, dividend payouts rose 5.7% in the June quarter, thanks mainly to QBE Insurance, which rewarded shareholders ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
Trump's latest tat (branding Beijing a currency manipulator) for China's tit (allowing the yuan to fall below the psychological threshold of CNY7.0/US$1) highlights just how determined the US president is to win the trade war. Yes Virginia ...

Fintech off to slow start in 2019: KPMG

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
Following record investments in 2018, Australia's fintech sector saw a subdued investment trend in the first half of this year. The number of fintech deals and total global investment in fintech dropped in 1H19, a result due primarily to the lack of ...

IPOs fewer but performing well

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Fewer companies sought to list on the ASX in the first half of the year but IPO investors were rewarded well on the listing day, according to HLB Mann Judd's biannual IPO report. Only 23 companies listed in the six months to June, raising $823 million. ...

Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) did as it was expected - it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% at the conclusion of its June 26 meeting. Understandably, another interest rate reduction only a month after it handed out ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
It appears the Bank of England (BOE) is marching to a different tune. While the BOE's monetary policy committee decided to keep current monetary policy settings at its June meeting just like the Fed and the Bank of Japan, it offered an opposing ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
Maybe not at this month's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting but consensus expect the US Federal Reserve to serve Christmas in July with a 25 basis point reduction in the fed funds rate from 2.25%-2.5% to 2%-2.25%. The CME FedWatch Tool ...

Chief economist update: The path of monetary policy according to Lowe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
"Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore." The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to cut the official cash rate to a fresh record low of 1.25% takes the country's monetary policy into uncharted waters. More uncharted it would be if JP ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
If there's anything that's 100% certain, it is that the European Central Bank (ECB) will keep current interest rate settings unchanged - repo at 0.00%; marginal lending facility at 0.25%; deposit facility at -0.40%. Although, given the mounting ...

Liberal win stuns, ASX rallies: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
While the Liberal Party's win came as a surprise to the majority of our readership, stock market investors on the other hand were buoyant with the result, Financial Standard 's latest spot poll shows. About 63% of participants said the Morrison ...