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Chief economist update: BOJ decision announced and ignored

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... letting his fingers do the talking even before he became POTUS. The "Daily Mail" re-printed the tweet he made back on 30 December 2013: ""No one remembers who came in second" - Walter Hagen" in a bid to chastise (shame?) Trump after "The billionaire ...

Major US exchange to stop listing bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... bitcoin, leading to significant price drops. Cboe "XBT" bitcoin futures were trading near USD$17,000 when they launched in December 2017 and reached a height of almost USD$20,000. It is estimated prices have fallen by approximately 80% since then.

IOOF faces class action

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... Wales. The class action is run as an "open" one, meaning all investors who bought IFL stock between 27 May 2015 and 6 December 2018 are signed up by default. They will have the choice to opt-out later. It follows IOOF's Royal Commission appearance ...

QIC acquires European airport stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... asset is an addition to QIC's global infrastructure portfolio which had $11 billion and 12 direct investments, as at December 31. "I'm delighted that our team has been successful in their bid to secure a high-quality core infrastructure asset ...

Zero tolerance approach to poor culture needed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... management consultants that can take 10 years to turn culture around, he pointed out. At NAB's annual general meeting last December, outgoing chair Ken Henry was slammed for saying it will take 10 years for the bank to change its problematic culture ...

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... TLTRO III this month (just two months and a bit after ending its â,¬2.6 trillion asset purchase programme (APP) on 31 December 2018); the Bank of England (BOE) remains a central bank in waiting (for the final outcome of Brexit); and the Bank of Japan ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... better depicted than by the recent National Accounts update showing the slowdown in Australian GDP growth - to 2.3% in the December 2018 quarter (the slowest since the September 2016 quarter) - from 2.7% in the third quarter of last year which, itself ...

GPT sells MLC Centre for $800 million

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... Property Fund after entering into a binding agreement. The sale price is $800 million, representing a 3%premium to GPT's December 2018 book value. The asset has achieved a return in excess of 20%per annum for the group. GPT announced in January it was ...

Digital engagement boosts investing demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... connect with like-minded investors. About one quarter of the 8400 investors and traders surveyed for the second half of December 2018 period use social media platforms for investing or finance-related purposes. Meanwhile, online brokers such as SelfWealth ...

Clayton Utz finally hands AMP notes to ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... to hand the documents over, claiming legal professional privilege. As such, ASIC launched Federal Court proceedings in December seeking to compel Clayton Utz to produce the notes. Clayton Utz delivered the notes to ASIC on Thursday last week (March 7) ...