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You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... meantime could slow/stop the US dollar's ascent while she waits for the economies of the rest of the world to catch up with America. That is the hope. But how long till Janet's patience last until she decides to fight back and brings in QE4 to lessen ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... mind, it already had its day in the sun. Besides, the ECB's money drop is intended to drop over the Eurozone, not for America. And drop it did. The ECB announcement sent the euro plummeting below US$1.10 - the lowest since September 2003 (when it was ...

Baird to launch Sydney not-for-profit "fintech hub"

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
NSW Premier Mike Baird has announced the development of Sydney's first financial technology hub. Located at 45 Clarence St, the hub (known as "Stone and Chalk") will provide technology start-ups with, as Baird put it, "subsidised office space to collaborate ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... lowering their interest rates and depreciating their exchange rates. The Fed won't sit idly by and let its neighbours beggar America by dumping their economic weakness and deflation to the US. While the plunge in crude oil prices remains the biggest ...

Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... standard-setting body for the hedge fund industry and now has a growing membership internationally in both Asia and North America. Hedge fund managers in the US and Canada now account for 40% of the HFSB's 123 signatories. Assets under management of ...

Say when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
Yes. No. Maybe. I don't know. This is dear Aunt Janet's answer to the "lift-off" question that everyone has been waiting for - and speculating on -- since the Fed completed its QE taper back in October last year. There was plenty of information in the ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... what the Fed does matters... a lot. Being the global benchmark, what happens to US interest rates matters not only to America's domestic economy but to the rest of the world - in terms of economic growth; capital flows (in and out); exchange rate and ...

ANZ Australia CEO steps down, replacement announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... Hong Kong, where he was responsible for institutional, commercial and private banking across Asia Pacific, Europe and America. ANZ New Zealand chief executive officer David Hisco will assume Chronican's responsibilities as global head of retail. "Under ...

Findex appoints head of investment research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... services and accounting group Findex has appointed a head of investment research with experience across Australia, North America and Europe. Dr Stefano Cavaglia joins Findex from Philo Capital, where he worked as a portfolio manager. Prior to that he ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... Japan. The hope is that all these stimuli would stimulate demand and stoke inflation some day soon... before it reaches America via the strong US dollar. It's starting to rear its ugly head there now. The differential between the 10-year US Treasury ...