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2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... recent hostilities, including a revenge-style attack by Iran on US military bases in Iraq. Thankfully, markets rebounded overnight after Trump stated that Iran was "standing down", indicating there would be no armed retaliation from the US. Demand for ...

Goldman Sachs realigns reporting structure

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
Global investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs has overnight announced new reporting structures for its financial results, in a move that will align the bank closer with its Wall Street peers. The changes come just a week short of the bank's fourth-quarter ...

Financial Standard Holiday Cooking Guide 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... yeast. Combine in a bowl. You don't need to mix much. The long ferment will do most of the work. Cover and leave overnight on the bench or in the fridge. The next day punch it back and put in a floured brotform or banneton proving basket. These are ...

Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... such, the VIX index - the fear gauge - has dropped from this year's high of 24.59 in August to a reading of 11.75 overnight. This was around the same time as the yen reached this year's high of ¥105.08 versus the US dollar and €116.08 against ...

Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... too, the experience of the past 24 hours proves this. The turn in RBA rate cut expectations, along with the Fed's overnight announcement of a 25 bps reduction in the fed funds rate to 1.5%-1.75% sent the A$ higher to as high as US$0.6913. This is ...

Chief economist update: It's the money, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Extra, extra, read all about it! The S&P 500 index closed at a new all-time high overnight underpinned by bullish headlines that include: positive US-China trade talks; near-certainty of another Fed rate cut at its October FOMC meeting and the latest ...

Chief economist update: China's great leap forward 70 years in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... founding of the People's Republic of China. The Politburo has much to celebrate and boast about. It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. Chairman Mao Zedong's "Great Leap Forward" campaign (from 1958-1962) has finally come to fruition. ...

Adviser of the Year named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
The AFA Adviser of the Year for 2019 has been crowned at a gala dinner in Adelaide overnight. The Association of Financial Advisers has awarded its highest honours, presenting the Adviser of the Year, Female Excellence in Advice, Excellence in Education ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... Bullard podcast in his interview with Karen Mracek - media relations coordinator at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - overnight (on August 14). Perhaps I'm turning into a Dr. Doom but, if the current global economic dynamics persist, the Great ...

Deutsche Bank slashes global workforce, exits global equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... period" by overhauling its global operations, resulting in 18,000 employees losing their jobs. The European bank announced overnight it will exit global equities functions of sales and trading, but retain an equity capital markets operation. Additionally ...