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Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
The A$/US$ exchange rate is, according to my Bloomberg screen, currently trading at US$0.7141, up 0.04% from the previous trading day and up 1.3% this year to date. In turn, Bloomberg's US dollar spot index has risen 0.14% overnight and is just ...

Stamford Capital expands into Victoria

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
The nine-year-old firm has opened a Melbourne office with a new director, as it scours Victoria for new commercial debt deals and high-net-worth and family office investors. Stamford Capital currently transacts capital from about 400 sophisticated investors ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... because it couldn't fit in one) were all it took to send China's stocks soaring and turn its market technically from a bear to a bull. China's Shanghai Composite Index spiked 5.6% yesterday after US President Donald Trump used his fingers ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... markets." I set out to investigate (fake news or not?). There's no point investigating China, we all know it's in a bear market and is still locking horns with America on trade. The second biggest loser in the Asian emerging market space - the ...

APRA could oversee stalled super fund mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... all other interests," he said. In separate recommendations, Hayne asked for the banking executives accountability regime (BEAR) to be extended to super funds and insurance. Under it, superfunds would have to nominate an accountable person to the regulators. ...

Superannuation to face BEAR: Hayne

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... recommendations for the superannuation sector Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has pushed for in his final report released overnight. The BEAR came into effect for large ADIs on 1 July 2018 and becomes applicable for the smaller players one year later. It ...

Harder for insurers to dodge claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... claims handling practices, including at TAL which hired a private investigator to follow a claimant. He has also asked for the BEAR regime to be extended to all APRA-regulated insurers to ensure better accountability of life insurance executives. Hayne ...

Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
Retail investors predict the trajectory of the local share market will be flat in 2019, but expect to be rewarded with modest returns, Investment Trends' latest survey shows. The 2195 investors canvassed in the monthly Investor Intentions Index ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... world equity markets produced negative returns and are at correction levels (China's Shanghai composite index is in a bear market) and global economic growth momentum peaked in February 2018 and has since then, slowed sharply. The volatility of 2018 ...

Chief economist update: Is there a bear in there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... Australian Financial Review (AFR) and Bloomberg's now talking about the grizzly. "The S&P 600 small cap index fell into a bear market after closing 20.1 per cent below its August 31 peak, falling 1.6 per cent on the day [14 December]," according ...