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Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi appears to have dragged out his promised action on monetary policy long enough. While the ECB announced no changes in monetary policy after its Governing Council meeting last night - the benchmark rate at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... up just one point at 5,460. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its latest statement on monetary policy. RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is scheduled to participate in a panel discussion at a Women ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... global head of insurance asset management Michael Siegel said. "Against a backdrop of low yields and growing concern about monetary tightening, CIOs are planning to increase allocations to less liquid assets, alternatives and equities - rather than increase ...

Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... sales to industrial production, so I'm quite hopeful we'll see a pickup in economic activity." But "a high degree of monetary accommodation remains warranted" because "while conditions in the labor market have improved appreciably, they are still far ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... week. "The objective here would not be to defend the current stance, but rather to increase meaningfully the degree of monetary accommodation... The governing council is committed - unanimously - to using both unconventional and conventional instruments ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... open higher following Wall Street's gains on mixed economic data and corporate earnings as a two-day US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting got underway. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was was up 19 points ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... over 'Abenomics' and widespread expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would eventually announce further expansion of monetary policy, Japan's stock market continues to trend lower. The Nikkei-225 index has sunk by 11.4% so far this year plagued by ...

FSC lobbies against super "7 year gap"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... pension when you reach 67," Brogden explained. He spoke following Treasurer Joe Hockey's citation of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) recommendation that more countries should consider raising their pension ages during a speech in 'The Global ...

Protection needed if pension age increased: AIST

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... said that the number of retirees in Australia will double over the next few decades and referred to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendation that more countries should consider raising pension ages. However the AIST said that there were other ...

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... that it's about to act, ECB chief Mario Draghi declared that "The strengthening of the exchange rate requires further monetary stimulus. That's an important dimension for our price stability." And for that bit extra hammering in, Bank of France's head ...