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The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... Fed lady forward guide the butcher, the baker and the candlestick-maker as to her intentions at the other side of the New Year? Last time I looked, betting's now doubled to four rate hikes in 2017 from two. Don't blame you for feeling a sense of dA(C)jA ...

Bankwest appoints new MD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
Bankwest has named a new managing director to take over in the New Year. Rowan Munchenberg will step into the top job, replacing Rob De Luca who announced his resignation in September. Munchenberg has been with the Commonwealth Bank since 2001, having ...

AIA CIO jumps ship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... Australia's chief investment officer has joined a leading wealth management firm. Graeme Bibby will join Mutual Trust in the New Year, replacing current chief investment officer Tony Huntley. Prior to joining AIA Australia, Bibby was a senior consultant ...

APRA marks New Year priorities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Despite the current Australian financial system appearing healthy there remains areas of vulnerability, according to the latest annual report from APRA. The report outlines risks in the housing market, the funding profile of the banking system, poor ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... nil rate cut - and perhaps even December 2016 - some are still betting for at least one more at the other side of the New Year. This may very well be but to use Janet Yellen's words, it depends on the incoming data. In his first speech as RBA governor ...

Industry fund inks MetLife mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... fund is ending its partnership with CommInsure after more than a decade, moving its group insurance to MetLife in the New Year. CareSuper will be working with MetLife to reshape the fund's existing insurance offering which covers a large portion of its ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... trifecta. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all closed at record highs on the 11th of August - a feat not seen since New Year's Eve 1999. Never mind the comparison with history, statistical probability dictates that this was bound to happen sometime. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... Stronger-than-expected outcomes could bring back April rate hike speculations. Japan industrial production China's Lunar new Year holiday and Toyota's temporary production stoppage (following an explosion at a steel plant) contributed to the bigger-than-expected ...

No tears for China's disappointing data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... i.e., China's economy is slowing - or they've discounted the disappointing numbers as due to seasonal factors (Lunar New Year) or People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan's "prevention is better than a cure" policy worked, or all of the above. ...

RBNZ cuts rates, biased towards further easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... it rose to a high of US$0.6869 during the month. The heightened volatility that greeted the financial markets in the New Year has taken the NZ$ back down below US$0.65 but has been climbing since - to above US$0.68 - before the RBNZ's decision. Likewise ...