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Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank gave a fairly clear hint that the board is set to cut the cash rate and other key policy rates at its October board meeting..." "The theme is likely to be, as we saw in March, a Team Australia moment where the ...

MLC Life restructures, appoints lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... Williamson as chief group insurance officer. There has also been six general manager appointments to the team. Former head of policy administration systems Fiona Guscott has been named general manager, underwriting and operations, while executive lead ...

Bermuda-based fund launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... believes this is a "win-win" for both buyers and sellers of life insurance policies as it pays two to three times more to the policy owner than they would receive from the life insurance company. "People relinquish their life insurance for many reasons ...

Male-pack mentality holds back boards

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... benefiting society," the paper suggested. The research also found that there is more work to be done to improve governance policy and mechanisms if boards are to see the potential gender diversity can have on CSR decision making. " Women bring a unique ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... purchases could occur further out the curve on a regular basis. (2) Foreign exchange intervention is another potential policy option. However, with the Australian dollar broadly aligned with its fundamentals, it is not clear this would be effective in ...

Chief economist update: Yoshihide and the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... of emergency" on May 25 - a month and a bit after it was put in place on April 16. This, along with fiscal and monetary policy support, has allowed the economy to slowly recover. Latest indicators show that Japan's past its worst - i.e. the worst ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... wasn't supposed to go this way. Given the re-imposition of lockdown in Melbourne and most Australian states "closed border" policy, financial markets and economists were correct in expecting further deterioration in the domestic labour market. But ...

Chief economist update: Zero beyond 2023

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The US Federal Reserve's new monetary policy framework - lower interest rates for longer or average inflation targeting - (virtually) announced at the August 27 Jackson Hole Symposium is now live. The Fed kept policy settings unchanged at its 15-16 ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... portfolios for climate change risk to be submitted. McVeigh's case argues this was relevant to Rest's stress testing policy. A trial is set to take place in Sydney on November 2, 3 and 4. McVeigh's case against Rest's trustee alleges ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... "The announcement is long on rhetoric and short on detail. While UniSuper acknowledges that more needs to be done, this policy creates more questions than answers," Market Forces asset management campaigner Will van de Pol said. "Without a clear plan ...