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Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
"Patient and flexible". These are the two words the US Federal Reserve has us mulling over with regards to the conduct of its monetary policy over the course of 2019. How patient and flexible? The CME FedWatch Tool puts the probability of the fed funds ...

Platform fee disclosures overlooked: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... Scheerlinck said. ISA also questioned the timing of the consultation, which is open until 2 April 2019. ISA director of research and campaigns Nick Coates said ASIC should wait for the Royal Commission's findings, which may include recommendations ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
I hear ya! US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell had already come out declaring something along these lines at his first outing for 2018. Still, it's more comforting to have all the members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) put their imprimatur in ...

Simpler fee disclosure on ASIC agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... the account and investments, and the total fees and costs paid. Industry response Rainmaker Group executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said ASIC's proposal to streamline fee disclosures within PDS templates is welcomed, especially ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Latest figures from research group Strategic Insights show mixed results for the country's largest insurers. Overall, the life insurance sector grew steadily by 1.7% year-on-year and reached $16.5 billion. However, it was a mixed result for the ...

Why the RBA has reason to cut rates in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Our resident chief economist explains why the continued drop in property prices could force the RBA to defy consensus and cut rates. First, some global context. US Federal Reserve has hinted that it will be more dovish with regards to monetary policy ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... 18. The insurer is the only Australian company to make the list compiled by the Association of Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD). The 50-year-old organisation sets global data standards for insurers and runs as an industry owned ...

UK loses £800bn in assets amid Brexit fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... locally given the expense of relocation." Under a no-deal scenario, MSCI executive director of risk management solutions research Thomas Verbraken estimates UK and European stocks could fall by about 25%. Various scenarios tested suggest a significant ...

Private markets attractive for global institutions: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
Latest research from BlackRock shows global institutional investors are turning to private markets. The research - which represents more than USD$7 trillion in investable assets - shows more than half of the 230 institutional clients surveyed intend ...

Sydney residential property slumps

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... total returns were 14.3%; and Canberra where dwellings picked up 3.3% in value and 8% in total return. CoreLogic head of research Tim Lawless said the housing slump went way beyond the Sydney-Melbourne correction. "Although Australia's two largest cities ...