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Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... also expect RBA to follow up with another rate cut a few months later. That view is reflected in market pricing with cash rate futures now attaching a 100% probability of two rate cuts by October." And then, here's Vesna! Vesna Poljak - the Australian ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
"Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%"! This was my piece published on 7 March 2019, based on the 'Taylor Rule' and plugging in Australia's growth and inflation parameters at the time. It took two months and a few days before Reserve ...

Credit fund launches to wholesale investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... opened to wholesale investors and will soon launch on the ASX. The Moelis Australia Fixed Income Fund targets the RBA cash rate return plus 4% per annum or 5.5%. The fund invests in diversified credit, including inventory funding (accounts receivable) ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... In this scenario, we judged that inflation was likely to remain low relative to the target and that a decrease in the cash rate would likely be appropriate. A lower cash rate would support employment growth and bring forward the time when inflation is ...

Chief economist update: Same challenges, differing reactions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... printed statement, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Governor Adrian Orr verbally delivered the news that: "The Official Cash Rate (OCR) has been reduced to 1.5%." "The Monetary Policy Committee decided a lower OCR is necessary to support the outlook ...

Chief economist update: RBA refused to blink in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... would leading up to its May Board meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't only NOT cut the official cash rate - it kept it unchanged at a record low 1.5% - it also maintained its policy bias at NEUTRAL. We're not so surprised. Financial ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... lane shows that the country's inflation measures were virtually at these levels when the RBA last cut the official cash rate (from 1.75% to 1.50%) in August 2016. The June quarter CPI figures (available pre-RBA 2016 rate cut) were: headline at 1% ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... differentials don't explain this. Short-term interest rates remain as they were at the end of 2018 - the RBA's official cash rate is 1.5% and the Fed funds rate at 2.25%-2.5%. The status quo is also preserved with regards to interest expectations. ...

Banks, ASIC still at war over fees-for-no-service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... ASIC's RG256 over the calculation of refunded fees. RG256 guides institutions towards paying the Reserve Bank's minimum cash rate plus 6%, however Macquarie proposed using a proxy rate to reflect lost earnings, with either the higher of the Macquarie ...

Pinnacle boutique opens LIT offer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... spread across both investment grade and sub-investment grade corporate loans). It also has a lower return net target of cash rate plus 3.25% per annum and pays out distributions monthly.