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Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... to wait until 7:30 tonight (AEST) to find out how bloody, sweaty and teary we'll get. Then again, there's Governor Glen Stevens we can count on to wipe those blood, sweat and tears away - or some of it. He's an accommodative central banker too.

CFS launches range of SMAs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... previously offered independently managed accounts (IMAs). Colonial First State custom solutions general manager Chris Stevens said that, while the SMAs will only be available to high net worth clients at first, he hopes they will be more widely available ...

Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... big data and analysis to anticipate consumer needs and to create bespoke solutions. Bravura director of strategy Darren Stevens said that many insurers have access to large pools of data, but few have the systems to facilitate a deeply personal and engaging ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... improvement on the 178,000 figure for February. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to address the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AMCHAM) business luncheon in Brisbane. The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... compared with the previous month. In local economic news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to address the 17th Annual Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong while RBA deputy governor Philip ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
Uh-oh, Governor Glen Stevens won't be a happy little Vegemite this morning. No Virginia... not with headlines proclaiming the Australian dollar's comeback - as in, it's again on the rise against the US dollar. My Bloomberg screen shows the A$ fetched ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... is expected to hold steady at 6.6 per cent. In local economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to appear before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics. The Australian Industry Group/Housing ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... economy. The more the government saves, the more households save, the more businesses saves. Guess it's up to Governor Glen Stevens to save the day. But tell me how anyone could afford to pay zero percent interest rates with zero income? Saving for a ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... and/or rising inflation - which slows growth and weakens the US dollar. And does anybody think that the RBA Governor Glen Stevens would sit idly by and hold "interest rates until 2016" if the dollar-A's drop to US$0.66 by end 2015 results in rising imported ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... peeped above the RBA's mid-point target, clocking in at 2.6% in the three months to December. Dear oh dear! Governor Glen Stevens would have to start thinking about lifting the official cash rate now. That's the knee-jerk reaction in the financial markets ...