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Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... rate by the middle of 2020," it reads. However, it seems that one more rate cut wouldn't do much for the Australian dollar - look at the fine print once more. The RBA assumes the A$ TWI at 60 and US$0.69. This means that the RBA expects the A$ to ...

FIIG makes first impact investing play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
Specialist fixed income house FIIG Securities partnered with the microfinance arm of World Vision to launch its first impact investing product in Australia. FIIG Securities and VisionFund International launched an impact bond to the Australian market ...

International investors chase Australian real assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... investors overseas are turning towards the region. The tax incentives for foreign investors, the depreciating Australian dollar and the privatization wave in the infrastructure industry have awakened investors' appetite, and this can be seen in the increased ...

Chief economist update: Is the A$ becoming a safe-haven currency?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... one reason for this is that the RBA's interest rate offensive isn't producing the same effect on the Australian dollar. More pointedly, the US Federal Reserve's rate cutting of its own is negating the RBA's efforts to push the Australian ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
An RBA rate cut won't happen on Melbourne Cup Day, 5 November. But it will happen - perhaps down to negative and up to the point where the Australian central bank is forced into quantitative easing and print Australian dollars. This is because latest ...

Chief economist update: Rate cuts coming, but not on race day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
Unless a positive shock emerges over the next few months, expect the RBA to continue lowering interest rates and the Morrison government to increase fiscal spending (but only after it's achieved having the Budget surplus immortalised on paper). ...

Poor market conditions weigh on Perpetual, Pendal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... the Westpac book and European and UK OEIC funds, despite receiving an over $1 billion boost from the weaker Australian dollar. The loss for Perpetual marks the wealth managers 10th consecutive quarter of net outflows and FUM is now at its lowest since ...

Northern Trust to clear high-value payments

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... of international cash management Charlie Lebrun, who is based on Chicago. High-value payments are mainly for Australian dollar transactions. They are time critical and irrevocable, according to AusPayNet which sets the rules for HVCS.

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Sub-one percent official cash rate here we come! The Australian dollar's near half a cent drop to US$67.84 on the day immediately following the US Federal Reserve's announced a 25 bp cut in the fed funds rate underscores financial markets' ...

Chief economist update: Economy slows to decade low but still tops the pops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
There were no back-patting and self-congratulatory remarks this time from Australia's Prime Minister and Treasurer for the Australian National Accounts show that it wasn't a "wonderful set of numbers". Instead, with economic growth slowing to ...