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Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... the brief and relatively small decline in the Australian share market (whenever tensions flare) and more, the Australian dollar's appreciation. Business responses to NAB's questions on the factors having the biggest impact on confidence were more informative. ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... macro-economy and central bank policy responses. Take for example the Reserve Bank of Australia's latest missive: "The Australian dollar has appreciated over recent months, partly reflecting a lower US dollar. The higher exchange rate is expected to ...

CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... demonstrated considerable appetite for domestic climate bonds." In March, Commonwealth Bank issued the largest Australian dollar climate bond from an Australian bank at $650 million. The bond was backed by more than $1 billion of Australian renewable ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary makes local and global hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... Macquarie Funds Management, focused on fixed income, currency and commodities and had responsibility for Macquarie's Australian dollar currency hedging business, providing hedging services to Australian pension funds. He will report to Insight Australia ...

Annuity sales boost Challenger results

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... 40% of life sales. In October 2016, Challenger entered into an annuity partnership with MS Private to provide Australian dollar annuity and life insurance products in Japan. Benari said the expansion into the Japanese annuity market has been successful ...

Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... nor pulled higher by increased demand (due to rising employment and economic growth overall). Cost pushed. The Australian dollar's appreciation has reduced the costs of imported raw materials and, at the same time, cheapened "not made in Australia" products ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... 'Statement on Monetary Policy'. To wit: "The exchange rate is another source of uncertainty for the forecasts. The Australian dollar has appreciated by 5% on a trade-weighted basis since the May Statement, and by 7% against the US dollar. This has been ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... that would, in turn, lead to even lower inflation. The text of his speech did not contain any reference to the Australian dollar - the recent appreciation of which would add to the challenge for the RBA in "delivering Australians an average rate of inflation ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... unwinding its balance sheet (potentially in September), the US central bank's more dovish tone reversed the Australian dollar's direction, sending it back up above US$0.80 overnight. The Fed's change of tone sent the US dollar index to its lowest level ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... the RBA's hawkish leaning. But in parallel with current developments in the UK (except for the appreciating Australian dollar), the RBA's reaction would not and should not be dictated by one set of inflation numbers. Else, the butcher, the baker or the ...