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Expecting the expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... where they were following what was also a well-telegraphed 25 basis point interest rate hike at its previous meeting. The minutes of the BOE meeting warned that fourth quarter growth could come in lower than the third quarter's 0.4% gain but "he measures ...

Game theory revolutionises risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... the risks they would be willing to take. Capital Preferences states: "The client experience is gamified and reveals, in minutes, how customers behave when facing risk, spending choices and their goal priorities. Streamlining the acquisition and assessment ...

Iron ore's ups and downs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... rally, fresh bull market beckons" with the Australian central bank's expectations on the direction of iron ore prices. The minutes of the RBA's 5 September Board meeting revealed members' discussion about "the influence of China on the global iron ore ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
Quo vadis inflation? The minutes of the Fed's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting revealed Yellen & Co's continued confusion over the unresponsiveness of consumer price inflation to undeniably solid growth in the economy. According to the minutes ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... when it comes (and it will). Even the Fed acknowledged this very early this year. According to the Fed's January 2017 minutes - straight after Trump's inauguration as president - "participants continued to view the possibility of more expansionary fiscal ...

The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... production, income, and spending would continue to operate." Nah, this isn't from the recent statement, this was from the minutes of the meeting... of 21-22 January 2014. We now know what happened after the consumption tax was raised from 5% to 8% on ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Monday. Thanks for reading! 4.50pm - How do you blog about Sir Bob Geldof ? You can't. He could have stood there for 45 minutes without uttering a word and he would have still left a lasting impact on the audience in the room. He ran through a gamut ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... the no change decision. All good... except for the Board's discussion on iron ore prices - disclosed in the meeting's minutes - was conspicuously absent in the earlier released statement. There was nary a single sentence mentioning members' discussion ...

Record turnout drives Managed Accounts Forum success

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... battled it out to convince the audience which platform had the best and most unique offerings in the market - in just three minutes or less. Even though the prize was $100,000 in virtual money, participants from HUB24, netwealth, Mason Stevens, managedaccounts.com.au ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, describing the debate as a "mug's game that wasn't going to get resolved in 50 minutes on the Gold Coast." She noted that while she was representing the "passive" side of the debate, Vanguard actually ...