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Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... inflation, as would persistent "exit strategy speculations" - one, that's again made the headlines on April 3 when BOJ Governor Kuroda said the board had been conducting internal discussions about an exit strategy. Not to mention, the strong yen's negative ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), established by the Financial Stability Board, chaired by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, to address systemic financial risk posed by climate change, the report said. Deutsche Asset Management released ...

Chief economist update: Hostage to speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... 2016 and the yield on 10-year JGBs doubled (to 0.06% from 0.03%) in early March after financial markets interpreted BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's testimony before Japan's Lower House as a prelude to exit...by fiscal year 2019. Perhaps, Kuroda's words ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... meeting, the Reserve Bank Board left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5%, where it has been since August 2016." This is what RBA Governor Philip Lowe told his audience at the Australian Financial Review Business Summit in Sydney yesterday. Not only did we ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... ramifications for shareholders." The TCFD was established by the Financial Stability Board, chaired by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, in order to address systemic financial risk posed by climate change.

Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... markets' take on central banks' greater transparency and forward guidance is best explained by Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney. In his testimony before the UK Parliament's Treasury Committee, Carney remarked that, "...the financial markets ...

Chief economist update: Wagering on wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... 5.5% in January this year from 5.6 at the end of 2017 and 5.8% at 2016's finish. Still, as Luci Ellis - RBA Assistant Governor (Economic) - asked in her address to the ABE Conference in Sydney last 13 Feb, "how much and how quickly will they [wages] ...

Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would taper its policy stimulus measures - one that has continued to this day despite BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda stressing the Japanese central bank's commitment towards maintaining its "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary ...

Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... extended period of broadly stable, modest, wages growth". This is one of the three questions Luci Ellis - RBA Assistant Governor (Economic) - tried to answer in her address to the ABE Conference in Sydney yesterday. "How resilient will consumption growth ...

Lead portfolio manager named for new international LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... community as a supporter of charitable foundations." PROFILE: Read the FS Private Wealth cover story on Geoff Wilson Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove said Australia Day was a day "to recognise inspiring every-day Australians whose selflessness and ...