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Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... Sustainable Banking System reform package, improving outcomes for consumers and enabling smaller lenders to compete with the major banks. This was recognised as one of his most notable achievements over his 30-year career at the Australian Treasury.

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... move as a matter of "national security". The Fed's fresh iteration of being "data dependent" - a given for all central banks on the planet - means zilch given Trump's unpredictability. Case in point, the Fed was on its way towards normalising ...

Chief economist update: Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... workers' expectations over the permanency of their future incomes. No one expects part-timers to splurge on a home mortgage. Banks and financial institutions won't open mortgages to part-timers (that is, of course, pending the findings of the ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... property market would intensify and that: "The experience from housing downturns in other advanced economies is that central banks nearly always end up cutting policy rates... Capital expects prices in the capital cities to drop 15% from their peak making ...

VC investments in Australia hit record high

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... Europe this year. It said however that some consolidation might occur as some fintechs shift towards becoming more like banks.

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... predicted slowdown in global growth would no doubt bring with it counter-cyclical policies from governments and central banks. The Fed has already changed its policy stance from onwards and upwards towards normalisation to one that would be "patient ...

Watermark pulls out of global equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... investment analyst in November, covering the financials sector. Dudley joined from Macquarie Equities where he covered Australian banks. Finally, Alex Gurman also joined in November as a trader. Formerly of Goldman Sachs, Gurman will fill a dedicated ...

COBA appoints former ASIC executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... manager Phil Khoury to review the code which outlined the conduct and standards that must be met by credit unions, mutual banks and building societies. Khoury served at ASIC from 1991 to 1999 before moving into the consulting space. He is currently principal ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... reserve requirement ratio - and promises of more monetary and fiscal stimuli - in China; and expectations that the central banks of the Eurozone and Japan would keep their respective monetary policies on ice. The same expectations go for the Reserve ...

3.5 million Aussies give financial advice to friends and family: Roy Morgan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... accounts have been espoused by The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape in recent years. Bringing up the tail were regional and mutual banks Heritage Bank, Bank SA and Teachers Mutual and - Australia's largest bank - the Commonwealth Bank. Those asked to provide ...