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RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... He said the bank's market operations are continuing to support a high level of liquidity in the Australian financial system. "Authorised deposit-taking institutions are continuing to draw on the Term Funding Facility, with total drawings to date ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... active in debt markets, have significant infrastructure and property holdings and invest in the wider Australian financial system." To deliver returns for members, the super system needs a strong economy, just as much as the economy needs a strong super ...

ASIC lays out product intervention plans

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... through ASIC's new "targeted" solving of problems through product intervention. "In recommending the power, the Financial System Inquiry identified the objective of limiting or avoiding the future need for more prescriptive regulation," Chester added. ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... globally had seemed like a one-way street for investors, as central banks around the world sought to stabilise a financial system with negative-interest rate policy (NIRP) and its close cousin, zero-interest rate policy (ZIRP) policies," Rachcoff said. ...

Economic outlook not as bad as predicted: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... inflation. "The bank's market operations are continuing to support a high level of liquidity in the Australian financial system," Lowe said. "Authorised deposit-taking institutions are making use of the Term Funding Facility, with total drawings ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
"You don't mess with the Zohan." Or in Australia's case, don't mess with the Politburo. It's only been weeks since Australia called for an inquiry into COVID-19, offending China and sending it into retaliation mode - Beijing banned beef ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... almost completely by increased liquidity from the Fed, he said. "Billions of dollars are being pumped into the financial system and that is pushing up financial asset prices," Walker said. "Meanwhile interest rate cuts around the world are increasing ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... expectations will not decline substantially and the smooth functioning of financial intermediation will be ensured with financial system stability being maintained..." It's hoping for the best but is prepared for the worst... "With regard to the ...

No liquidity support for super: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... the public interest test and we need to be able to conclude that it was needed to support the stability of the financial system," Lowe said. "At the moment, we are not in a position to conclude that." Additionally, Lowe provided an update on the outlook ...

Not safe to launch: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... be suspended for at least six months. "In licensing new entrants to the prudentially-regulated segments of the financial system, APRA aims to achieve an appropriate balance between financial safety and other important considerations to the community ...