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Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... a 91-month high (October 2013). These justify the Bank of England's (BOE) decision at its May 5 monetary policy committee meeting to slow bond purchases to £3.4 billion a week between May and August, from £4.4 billion based on revised estimates ...

Chief economist update: Did the BOE just announce taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
This month the Bank of England's (BOE) monetary policy committee decided to keep the existing stance of monetary policy unchanged; the Bank Rate remains at a record low 0.1% and QE at £895 billion. But buried in the "Monetary Policy Summary and ...

Chief economist update: NIRP embedded in BOE forecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... policy settings unchanged - the bank rate at a record low 0.1% and QE at £895 billion - at its first Monetary Policy Committee meeting on February 4. It was hoping for the best outcome. In BOE governor Andrew Bailey's words: "The monetary policy ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... wave speculation in Australia comes soon after the Bank of England (BOE) divulge in its September 17 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) report that: "The MPC had been briefed on the Bank of England's plans to explore how a negative bank rate could be ...

Corporate super plan appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... Super. He has also chaired Association of Superannuation Funds in Australia's (ASFA)'s national taxation policy committee. Alcoa of Australia Limited is owned 60%by Alcoa Corporation and 40% by Alumina Limited. It owns bauxite mines, alumina refineries ...

Super fund names chief risk officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... been working on several boards and advisory committees, including the AMP Employer Sponsored Superannuation Plan Policy Committee. UniSuper said Raftis has strong leadership experience delivering major projects and initiatives across complex operating ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... pressing concern of the coronavirus. To be sure, there was nothing noteworthy in Carney's final monetary policy committee meeting at the helm of the British central bank. The BOE kept monetary policy unchanged, as widely expected, right on the eve ...

YouTube fundie name erased from flagship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... Meanwhile, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority released its latest Financial Stability Report. In the report, the policy committee found that greater consistency between the liquidity of a fund's assets and its redemption terms needs to be achieved. ...

Chief economist update: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... around August this year. The Bank of England's (BOE) monetary policy statement published after the monetary policy committee meeting of October 7 - where it kept policy settings unchanged - was more optimistic on Brexit. "In October, the UK and EU ...

ASIC super specialist joins AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... looks forward to working with her in her new role at Cbus. Goodwin will continue her involvement with the AIST policy committee.