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Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
The proportion of financial advisers who advise on responsible investing has almost doubled in the past two years, the latest industry survey reveals. The Investment Trends 2018 Adviser Product and Marketing Needs Report, which surveyed 766 Australian ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Could it be? Could it be that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is now pondering the likelihood that the next move in interest rates is down rather than up? In early June this year, I put forth a thesis that long stretches of steady interest rates ...

APRA not clear how to police BEAR breaches

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
APRA chair Wayne Byres said the prudential regulator still hasn't locked in how it will enforce the BEAR regime if a bank executive breaches it, five months on from the change. Continuing his testimony on the Royal Commission's final day, Byres told ...

BEAR should be expanded, ASIC included: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... being quizzed on the regulator's current governance. After telling Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr that he believes the BEAR should be expanded to also encompass all ASIC regulated entities, Orr referred to the UK Financial Conduct Authority's similar ...

Misconduct matters, but stability key for Frydenberg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said eliminating misconduct was important, but the Government has other considerations to bear when implementing the Royal Commission's final recommendations. Speaking at the Australian Finance Industry Association conference ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
I commented about the tug-o-war between the bulls and the bears on Wall Street yesterday, and Monday's action on 'The Street' shows they're still tugging and pulling. It's so easy to commentate on the day-to-day action on Wall Street ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
The tug-o-war between the bulls and the bears continues on Wall Street as 2018 draws to a close. Whether this state of affairs - or better yet, resolved one way of another (up or down) - depends primarily on the end game of the on-going trade stoush ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... would also sanction countries importing oil from Iran. But as the saying goes, what goes up must come down. Oil is now in a bear market - WTI oil is down 21.2% from its nearest high (US$76.40/barrel on 3 October) to US$60.19/barrel and Brent oil is heading ...

Frydenberg boosts APRA funding

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... significant reform occurring in the financial system, noting the regulator's interventions in the housing market and its BEAR implementation.

Chief investment officer retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... that has delivered over 20 years," Wilson said. Headlining his letter to investors, Wilson said the negative effects of any bear market will be significantly worse if Labor wins the next Federal election. He went as far to say a Labor government will ...