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Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... last Friday, but he was whispering hope and financial markets welcomed his voice. Speaking in Frankfurt, European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi promised that the ECB would "do what we must to raise inflation and inflation expectations as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... time in more than two years to boost sagging economic growth. LONDON - European shares shot up after the European Central Bank signalled it is ready to act quickly to deter deflation and China cut interest rates for the first time in more than two years. ...

Minute slip on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... final US$15 bil, it has to go through with it (less its credibility gets shot) but... this bad news would keep the US central bank from raising interest rates sooner rather than later - and this is good news. Still, this is not the case, that is, if ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
It's them, not us! This is the not so subtle message Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney delivered at his opening remarks following the release of the BOE's Quarterly Inflation Report last night. But of course, being the astute central banker ...

Nikko AM adds senior executives to global team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
Nikko Asset Management has appointed three senior executives to lead the firm's consultant relations globally, sales in North Asia and client development in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. London-based John Howland-Jackson has joined as vice chairman ...

Bond experts reiterate need for flexible duration strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Managing duration is the key to reducing risk as the 30-year bond market bull-run comes to a close, according to a number of fixed income experts. Interest rates in many countries reached historical lows in recent years as central banks aggressively ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Abbott faces-off with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week. Tony doesn't have to, Russia's very own central bank have done it for him days before Vlad left for China. On 5 November - a day after the Melbourne Cup and one day before the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... surge as a brief rally by the yen fizzled out. Traders were also buoyed by comments from the head of the European Central Bank that it was ready to widen its stimulus program to support the eurozone economy. Tokyo on Friday rose 0.52 per cent, a day ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
Australian shares look set to open higher following strong gains on international markets after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi signalled possible further stimulus measures and positive US jobs figures. At 0834 AEST on Friday, the December ...

A trillion euros is in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
What had been a mathematically-derived, guessed at and/or expected a,-1 trillion expansion in the European Central Bank's (ECB) balance sheet has just become fact - ECB President Mario Draghi promised - and it's unanimous. Most would have probably read ...