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John Key under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... requirements are extremely serious. "The capital requirements are designed so that we don't end up like, for example, Greece or Portugal where there are people lined up for kilometres down the street trying to get their money out because the banks didn't ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... continued steady interest rates. This is affirmed by Lowe's words at the central bankers' conference in Sintra, Portugal: "I remain confident we're going to get back to 2.5% [inflation], it's just going to take us a bit of time. To try ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... Governor Haruhiko Kuroda already expressed his concerns when he joined the ECB Forum on Central Banking held at Sintra, Portugal on 18-20 June: "The indirect impact on the Japanese economy could be quite significant...if this escalation of tariffs between ...

Global regulation hub launched for asset managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... jurisdictions is currently available, including Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. Zeidler plans to release further jurisdictions in batches over the coming months, including ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... both inflation and growth. RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement at the central bankers' conference in Sintra, Portugal shot me down... "I remain confident we're going to get back to 2.5% [inflation], it's just going to take us a bit of ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... world's biggest central banks, which expressed their concerns at the ECB Forum on Central Banking held at Sintra, Portugal on 18-20 June. US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell: "Changes in trade policy could cause us to have to question the outlook...We ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... Houston, we'll get a rate cut. However, Governor Lowe's recent statement at the central bankers' conference in Sintra, Portugal infers that the RBA would neither raise nor cut interest rates in the immediate future. "I remain confident we're ...

Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... the nine EU countries that don't have a double-tax agreement with Australia. Other countries without a DTA include Portugal, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Croatia while Greece has only an Airlines Profits Agreement.

CFS lifestage funds enter direct infrastructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... Asset Management, which oversees the assets, has made initial allocations to investments located in Australia, the UK, Portugal and New Zealand. CFS head of investments Scott Tully said FirstChoice Lifestage has the advantage of being designed for accumulation ...

Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... do abide by codes of conduct developed by industry groups. Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, Poland, Portugal and Singapore all place prohibitions or moratoriums on the use of existing results, even sometimes including the use of any ...