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The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... play the waiting game. Investors' attention would be on what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) would do after they met and deliberated on monetary policy this week... and Japan and China and America. It's easy pickings ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... per cent to 4,379.06. The euro retreated to a three-week low against the dollar on heavy selling after the European Central Bank hinted at a further loosening of monetary policy in the eurozone to avert deflation, traders said. HONG KONG - Asia's markets ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... European markets recorded the strongest gains, thanks to speculation of looser monetary policy from the European Central Bank. "That's really fired up European investors," he said. Mr McCarthy said an improvement in commodity prices had also provided ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... to open higher, following Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract ...

Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
The founder and chief executive of global fund manager CQS Sir Michael Hintze is one of four appointments that have been made to an advisory panel to support the Financial Systems Inquiry (FSI). The International Advisory Panel will provide an expert ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... against the US dollar - "The yuan will, from today, be able to trade as much as 2 percent on either side of a daily central bank reference rate, from 1 percent previously." According to the PBOC, this is in line with the government's move towards a market-determined ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
The share market is trading lower after the United States Federal Reserve flagged an interest rate rise in 2015. A remark from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated the rough timeframe for an interest rate hike, which was sooner than investors ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... According to the PBOC, this is in line with the government's move towards a market-determined exchange rate and the central bank's intent to curb one-way bets (appreciation) in the yuan. Except for those long yuan gamblers, heard anyone complained about ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... economic growth remains sub-par - the benchmark US equity market index continues to record break. This is because the US central bank's balance sheet continues to expand despite the US$10 billion monthly reduction in asset purchases it implemented starting ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... know, the one Chair Yellen recently testified to before the Senate, the one she said had to happen before the US central bank starts considering a change in the reduction of its monthly asset purchases. What's changing though is the Peoples Bank of China's ...