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Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Go ahead Glenn, make our day! That's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens to us, thank you very much and the day... the day is the Australian central bank's first meeting for 2015. Despite "Roubini Global urges RBA to hold interest ...

Profile: MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Leeanne Turner's lifelong career in superannuation came about by accident. Growing up near Canberra, she had initially thought she'd like to be a teacher. But like many 20-year-olds, she decided to put that off for a while and travel to Europe. To do ...

ASIC report highlights insufficient penalties

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Monetary penalties for large organisations reached record levels in 2014, but are still insufficient, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) latest enforcement report. ASIC quotes the record $1.2 million civil penalty ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Seems like more and more central banks - big and small - are getting the 'when Harry met Sally syndrome' - "I'll have what she's having". The Swiss National Bank jumpstarted it all with its "surprise" decision to abandon its CHF1.20/euro peg. This was ...

Retail investor confidence in domestic market low

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
Retail investors say they have low confidence in Australia's economic outlook and a low appetite for investment risk, but their portfolios don't reflect that view. That's according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM)'s latest Retail Investor Survey ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will ...

T. Rowe Price opens Melbourne office

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
Baltimore-based investment manager T. Rowe Price has grown its Australian footprint, opening a new office in Melbourne and expanding its business development team. The company said the move enables closer working relationships with new and existing ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... government's performance or frustrated at the government's inability to pass its budget." The debate was moderated by economist Tim Harcourt and it also included insights by Principal Global Investors' chief global economist Bob Baur, Financial Services ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
We're back to crude oil spotting again folks. Prices dropped big time again last night - WTI oil down 4.0% to US$44.36 a barrel and Brent's down 2.4% to US$48.43 per barrel. Not surprisingly, Wall Street, which had been trading flat for most of the ...

Think of China as the new America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... became to America. You've got to sell them different things and different services now." The debate was moderated by economist Tim Harcourt and it also included insights by Principal Global Investors' chief global economist Bob Baur, Financial Services ...