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Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... financial stresses in commodity-exporting economies, particularly in vulnerable emerging market economies, and for commodity-producing firms in many countries. Should any of these downside risks materialize, foreign activity and demand for U.S. exports ...

Aviva commences proceedings against Centrepoint

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... position is strong. "If you look back at our full-year reporting, we've got $12 million cash on our balance sheet. We're producing profit - there's an underlying profit of $7 million. Centrepoint's prospects are good, so in that context I'm not sure ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... risk exposure as members move closer to retirement, the variable glidepaths inherent in the design of these products is producing much more disparate outcomes than what might have been suspected. For instance, there is a huge disparity in the number ...

Four steps up, four steps down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... underlying the RBNZ's monetary policy flip-flops. While New Zealand's economy does appear to be slowing, it's still producing decent growth. Inflation gyrations - even in the core rate - are, however, a different matter. This suggests that the RBNZ's ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... remains below the Fed's 2% target). A strong dollar would bomb commodity prices that would lower growth in commodity producing countries and emerging markets that would return to bite Uncle Sam's behind. The problem is a dovish statement from the Fed ...

AMP Capital invests $277m in natural gas

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... investing in the subordinated debt of infrastructure assets since 1998 and focuses on defensive, non-cyclical, cash flow-producing assets. Note: This article previously stated that the investment was made in 'clean energy' this was inaccurate and has ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Trobe University. The award will support the professors to establish the Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Facility (CVRF) for Producing Pharmaceuticals in Plants, a facility to that will develop technologies to produce new drugs. These could be incorporated ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... required to purchase the same quantity of commodities. Lower commodity prices, in turn, negatively affect commodity-producing countries, decreasing overall global demand, limiting any inroads to be made towards reducing the supply glut - particularly ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... prescription, instead... "I would be open to the possibility of reducing the fed-funds target range even further, as a way of producing better labor market outcomes." With the fed funds rate at virtually zero (0-0.25%), is he suggesting what I think ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... economist David Ricardo's theory on comparative advantage. The theory posits that, "...a country should specialize in producing and exporting only those goods and services which it can produce more efficiently (at lower opportunity cost) than other goods ...