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Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... exogenous variables - domestic and foreign - on these, the latest stats speak for themselves. While the unemployment rate has fallen to a six-year low of 5% in September (from 5.3% in August) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) trend measures ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... it comes against a backdrop of a depreciating currency. Currently trading at around CNY6.92/US$1, the Chinese yuan has fallen by 5.9% against the US dollar since the start of the year and by 9.5% from this year's peak of CNY6.26/US$1 recorded in ...

ANZ chief says remediation is "distracting"

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... said, it would have faced more severe consequences. Elliot responded that ANZ's return on equity has "dramatically" fallen from about 17-18% to 11% over the last 20 to 30 years, and that Australian banks earn much lower profits compared to other ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Wall Street has fallen! Repeat, Wall Street has fallen! The financial headlines made sure that you, I and Irene are spooked even before Halloween - with accompanying rationales at that. Wall Street plunges as investors seek safety - Sky News Sudden ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... particularly on the liquid alternatives side. If I look at most of the projects we've done, the liquidity timeframe has fallen to one month or better and risk premia fits that bill." Overall, the diversifying strategies segment accounted for more ...

WAM pushes for HHY closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... the Aurora Global Income Trust (AIB) attempted to make a takeover bid for HHY in September 2016, AIB's share prices has fallen more than 70% to 23 cents as at October 5. Acting as the responsible entity for both AIB and HHY, Aurora closed the takeover ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... have just hastened that rebalancing and China won't be hurt as much. This is because China's reliance exports have fallen over the years. World Bank figures show that China's exports have dropped to 19.8% of GDP in 2017 from 27.3% in 2012 ...

Bank cross-selling success declines: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... share of wallet (total financial services spending including savings, loans or wealth management products). That share has fallen in the last four years, with NAB seeing the greatest loss of 3.7% bringing its share to 29.5%. CBA maintains 31%, down 2.6% ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... agrees wholeheartedly with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg that culture and conduct of Australia's financial institutions has fallen below the expectations and standards of the community. Hayne was right to say greed is the motive behind the sector's ...

Banking remuneration practices to blame for misconduct

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... Accountability Regime (BEAR); and Sedgwick Review released in April 2017 suggesting that both the regulators and the banks have fallen short of addressing the problem. "To the extent to which the banks or their subsidiaries participated in the personal ...