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China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... tonnes in October from September's record high purchase of 103.0 million tonnes. Similarly, China bought less coal in October - 21.3 million tonnes compared with 27.1 million tonnes imported in the previous month. Apart from the US, China also enjoys ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
Only one word comes to mind when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is mentioned, and that is oil - for it has plenty of it. According to Investopedia, "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is often cited as the world's largest oil producer. The country produces 13.24% ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... Westpac-MI consumer sentiment report that showed optimists outnumbering pessimists for the first time in 11 months in October (up 101.4 from 97.9 in September) and the improving labour market (the unemployment rate dropped to 5.5% in September from 5.6% ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
It was the event that wasn't. This event, of course, is the US Federal Reserve's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting. The Fed's forward guidance is the same as it was in the 20 September FOMC statement when it announced that it would initiate its balance ...

The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
Halloween 2017 may have produced some palpitations as kids (and the kids at heart) went trick or treating, but for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) 'twas a fairly ho-hum event. At the conclusion of its 30-31 October policy meeting, the Japanese central served ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... Kuroda's continuity at the helm of the central bank. The Fed holds its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on 31 October - 1 November. Although there are other fishes to fry - Trump tax cuts, Trump nomination of new Fed head, low volatility ...

Advice industry compensation bill hits $37m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The financial advice industry shelled out $37 million in FY17 to 2200 clients that suffered financially from bad advice, according to ASIC. The regulator completed 227 "high-intensity surveillances" of financial advisers and banned a total of 35 "bad ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... over its QE exit strategy. ECB president Mario Draghi did what he telegraphed he would -- discuss QE unwind strategy in October - and offered something better - a clearer path towards policy normalisation. The ECB kept interest rate settings as they ...

FASEA announces first focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will first work on developing a framework for accrediting providers of approved degrees for new industry entrants. Following its October board meeting, FASEA released the structure of the degree requirement ...

Aurora finalises Hastings takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Aurora Funds Management finalised its takeover bid for all ordinary units in the Hastings High Yield (HHY) Fund. Acting as the responsible entity for both the Aurora Global Income Trust (AIB) and HHY, Aurora closed the takeover bid on October 13. The ...