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Chief economist update: An Indian surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... to the US dollar at the close of last week's trading - after hitting R74.22 in intra-day trade and is now 13.6% down versus the greenback this year to date. The rupee's depreciation would aggravate the upward push in India's inflation caused ...

AMP, banks respond to RC interim report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... not just the customer's wallet." "Now is the time for a wide-ranging conversation on the clarity of the role of the board versus the executive and how organisations are held to account for unethical behaviour," she said. George also called for reforms ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... dollar but the path of least resistance has been a decline for the New Zealand dollar. The NZ dollar has dropped by 6.8% versus the greenback (to US$0.6628) this year to date and by 10.7% from the 2018 peak of US$0.7422. For sure, one of the major factors ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... $6.9 billion less than previously estimated) and higher than estimated dividends from the Future Fund of $5.1 billion (versus $3.8 billion). Australia's deposed prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, must be wishing the report was released sooner so that ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... oil would especially fall in emerging countries which have experienced sharp depreciations in their respective currencies versus the US dollar. Rising oil prices will cure rising oil prices!

Contrarian manager enters super sector

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... firm's own search to find the right superannuation fund for its employees. Examining several aspects such as industry versus retail funds and default versus choice, de Lange said the right option was hard to find as investment options and prices ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... rate disappointed expectations for a lower 3.8% print, annual average hourly earnings growth accelerated to 2.9% in August versus 2.7% in July and expectations of 2.8%. This points to rising wage inflation and all but confirms the third of the four Fed ...

Custodians oversee heightened domestic equity trades

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... for foreign institutional asset owners," ACSA said. It translates to average annual growth in Australian assets of 9%, versus international asset growth of 15% over the past four years. SPECIAL FEATURE: Breaking the custody mould "Investing offshore ...

Chief economist update: Blame the US economy for the widening trade gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... shortfall in the previous month. The US economy's relative strength continues to suck in imports - up 0.9% in July versus 0.6% in the previous month - but exports fell another 1.7% over the month on top of a 1.2% decline in June. However, the deterioration ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... developed markets rose by 0.8% and that for emerging markets increased by 2.4%. While the Australian dollar's exchange rate versus the US dollar managed to end the week with a 0.1% advance to US$0.7329, it was small beer compared with the its peers - ...