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Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018

... we are hearing about decision to postpone investment, postpone hiring, postpone making decisions." ECB President Mario Draghi: "It's not easy and it's not yet time to see what the consequences on monetary policy of all this can be but there's ...

Chief economist update: "Quitaly"

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018

... financial market fears over Italy is best captured in the following two charts: European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi succeeded in calming nerves over Grexit with his "whatever it takes" policy. Draghi might have to throw in more than the ...

Chief economist update: Prudence, patience and persistence

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018

... recent data indicate that the single currency area's growth momentum is slowing down. This isn't lost on ECB President Mario Draghi. While Draghi offered a sober assessment in his monetary policy statement, "incoming information since our meeting in ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018

... temporary exemption to EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea until May 1 - ECB President Mario Draghi said that while the central bank remains confident that inflation would eventually rise to the ECB's target of "below but ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018

Not a single soul could argue with ECB President Mario Draghi's assessment that "euro area economy is expanding robustly" and neither with his self-congratulatory remark that "our measures have put the euro area economy on a solid growth pathway, driven ...

Chief economist update: Euro's uptrend is a downtrend risk

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018

While none expected a change in monetary policy, not a few anticipated ECB president Mario Draghi to deliver a less dovish message (at the very least) after the European Central Bank's first governing council meeting for 2018. Perhaps, the underlying ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017

... (ECB) October monetary policy meeting ended financial market speculations over its QE exit strategy. ECB president Mario Draghi did what he telegraphed he would -- discuss QE unwind strategy in October - and offered something better - a clearer path ...

Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017

It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's concern over the impact of the euro currency's appreciation, that is. Recall that the ECB had been conspicuous in its silence about the euro since its 20 July ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017

... the A$ (up 9.4%), the NZ$ (up 5.4%) and the rupee (5.9%). Yet, the European Central Bank (ECB) and its president Mario Draghi have so far been conspicuous in not voicing out their trepidation over the euro's sharp appreciation. Unlike in previous episodes ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017

... ECB is concerned about the durability and sustainability of inflation. This was explicitly stated by ECB president Mario Draghi, in the Q&A forum of his June press conference: "The four conditions are in the definition of our objective, which is a durable ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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