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Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
It was a ho-hum event, the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 3 October board meeting, that is. The Australian central bank kept interest rates unchanged as widely expected. This takes to 14 the number of months the RBA has kept the official interest ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
"They float. They all float!" Nah, not scribbling to spook the bejeesus out of you ala Pennywise the clown of "It" fame. Au contraire, the quote refers to the manufacturing PMI survey releases showing that the world's biggest economies are all - not ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
They were just hours apart but the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan's monetary policy decisions were as wide as their geographic locations, perhaps wider. While both central banks kept existing policies unchanged at their September meetings ...

MySuper milestones monitor industry movement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... super industry has led to some innovation at the product level. "Tasplan moved from single strategy to lifecycle, while Virgin moved from fund level to product level under Mercer. MLC has consolidated a range of products into a smaller number, and LESF ...

ASIC raises concerns over NSX listings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... undertaking from market participant, Avalon Pacific Capital, in relation to its dealings with four Samoan and one British Virgin Island registered companies listed on NSX. The regulator had suspected that orders were placed to intentionally create false ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
I'll see your "fire and fury" and raise you Guam. Yes Virginia, that's Trump and Kim going ballistic once again as they play high stakes ICBM poker. Who will be the first to blink and fold? From what we already know of each players' character and temperament ...

Former investment bankers behind new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... the risks and opportunities associated with each investment we facilitate." With 13 other shareholders including former Virgin co-chief executive David Baxby and media personality Craig Hutchison, iPartners is expected to raise about $75 million in the ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Not happy Jan! This is the collective cry of Australian consumers according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey. Yet only a day before, the NAB business survey showed that business conditions in July were at their best ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
The first thing we learned in economics is how prices are determined by the interaction between demand and supply. High demand and low supply causes prices to rise - and vice-versa. Economists have already coined the term "stagflation" - an economic ...

Vamos joins Mercer board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... to clients." Upon joining the board, Ms Vamos said, "Mercer's acquisition of Pillar Administration and partnership with Virgin Money has created a real buzz in the superannuation industry." "As a highly regarded provider of holistic services for the ...