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No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 18 APR 2016

... risk assets -- have gone up, up and away in the week ended 15 April -- the very week when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recalibrated its growth forecasts for the world... and found it slowing even more than its previous guesses. In its April ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016

... recent positive releases - such as the improvement in PMI (both Caixin and official measure) in March -- giving credence to the IMF's recent upgrade of its 2016 China growth forecast from 6.3% to 6.5%. Chinese exports jumped by 11.5% to US$160.9 billion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016

IMF World Economic Outlook Another 3 months, another downgrade. In its April World Economic Outlook (WEO) update, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has yet again revised down its global growth forecasts. The IMF now expects the global economy to ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 4 APR 2016

... among others. Overall the US dollar index is down 4.1% this year. Perhaps now The Office of the US Executive Director at the IMF (OUSED) would stop whinging about the Australian dollar. Last month, SBS reported that "The US Treasury has aired a complaint ...

IMF Bentham announces $30m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE | WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016

IMF Bentham has announced the launch of a bond issue of $30 million to be made available to wholesale investors such as institutional, private and SMSF investors. Arranged by FIIG Securities, the four year and three month fixed rate senior secure issue ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015

... Monetary Fund's basket of reserve currencies known as Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) come 1 October 2016. Anti-climax because the IMF's official announcement was rendered moot after IMF head honha Christine Lagarde told all and sundry on 13 November that ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015

... much as 50% over its benchmark rate). A move largely seen as a step towards greater interest rate liberalisation - one of the IMF's pre-conditions in including the yuan in its SDR (Special Drawing Rights) basket of currencies. I'll give what they're ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015

... by China" (AFR) - yes, again reportedly triggered by China, seems like a distant memory now. Yet in the same week that the IMF slashed 2015 and 2016 global growth projections and after the disappointing September US jobs numbers (and nothing to suggest ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015

... going... and going. Certainly, concerns are mounting over the Middle Kingdom's slowing economy in recent months but even the IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- released 6 October -- left its growth prediction for China's economy unchanged ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015

She was damned when she didn't, she would have been damned now if she did. "Perhaps Janet Yellen has heard us," as IMF managing director Christine Lagarde French journal 'Les Echos' just over a week after the Fed kept the status quo following their ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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