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Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... paying close attention to global economic and financial developments and assessing their implications for the outlook. In January, with inflation pressures muted, the FOMC determined that the cumulative effects of these developments, along with ongoing ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... bull market. The Shanghai Composite index is now up 20.2% above its nearest low recorded just a few weeks before on 3 January 2019. The natural progression of this piece is for yours truly to define what a bull market is but it'll have more gravitas ...

Grandfathered commissions ban splits industry: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... the grandfathering provisions." Treasurer Josh Frydenberg reaffirmed grandfathered commissions will be banned as of 1 January 2021. To ensure the benefits of industry renegotiating current arrangements to remove grandfathered remuneration flow through ...

Labor responds to Royal Commission final report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
The Labor Party will look to ban the payment of grandfathered commissions by January 2020 if successful at the upcoming Federal election. Responding to the final report, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said the party has already tabled a bill to end the ...

Chief economist update: The RBI surprises (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... prices, continued to put downward pressure on India's inflation - down for the fourth consecutive month to 2.05% in January 2019 from 3.7% in September last year. This is the lowest inflation rate since June 2017 and is at the lower end of the RBI's ...

ASIC finalises EU with HSBC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... May 2016. The regulator was concerned HSBC provided "potentially deficient advice" on retail structured products between January 2009 and March 2013, and that HSBC advisers sought little to no information about clients' relevant personal circumstances. ...

Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... "Labour Force, Australia" report that showed: Total employment grew by a greater-than-expected 39,100 in the month of January that followed the addition of 16,900 jobs in the previous month. Even better, this was due to the creation of 65,400 full-time ...

AFCA hears legacy complaints

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... one-stop shop for financial services complaints will now be able to review eligible financial complaints dating back to 1 January 2008, but there are limitations. The extended remit is a temporary change and will run for only 12 months. AFCA will update ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... the depreciation of the Australian dollar brings. But so far, not so good. After dropping from a high of US$0.7273 (31 January 2019) to US$0.7101 on the "neutral" announcement (February 7) and then sinking further to US$0.7062 on the 11th of the same ...

Ausbil launches dividend income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... initial investor was Ausbil's strategic partner New York Life Investment Management. The returns from July inception to January were -1.13% which is 2.1% better than the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index's returns. It generated 10.99% ...