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Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... persistent if it lowered inflation expectations, pay and other cost growth in a way that became self-perpetuating." Last night, the Bank of Canada (BOC) came up with its own surprise - it cut its overnight lending rate by 25 bps to 0.75%. Yes, you guessed ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... Bank's (SNB) decision to surrender and abandon the currency peg - erected back in September 2011 - against the euro last night. That is, the Swiss central bank would no longer hold the 1.20 line versus the single currency. The currency market's reaction ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "I suppose it's only to be expected given the European gyrations last night, with Greece going through its political to-ings and fro-ings again," he said. "But I think the more important thing for ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
"'Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la...", "silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright..." Bah, humbug! The negative news flow and speculations over the past 24 hours would, like ol' Ebenezer Scrooge, make you, I and Irene hate Christmas. ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... guessing all the time." Edna Savage's immortal 1959 classic "Maybe This Year" provides an apt background song heading into last night's European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council meeting - most particularly, her plea. "If you love me, make it this ...

High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... were recognised at the 2014 Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Awards held in Melbourne last night. When Sam Sicilia's name was announced as this year's recipient of the annual Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Award, the audience ...

Sliding oil price would stop the slide in the oil price

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - met and concluded their 166th meeting in Vienna, Australia last night. The conclusion: "...in the interest of restoring market equilibrium, the Conference decided to maintain the production level ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... gaping yawn? What gives? The tale of the Wall Street tape showed the S&P 500 index bobbing up 0.2% on both sides of zero last night before closing minus 0.1% down. Must be vertigo Virginia. You'll feel the same way too if you're way high enough to touch ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound." -- Clement Moore, 'Twas the Night before Christmas' Nah, 'tis still a month away but not only jolly old St. Nick but also Santa Claus came to town -- one putting ...

Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... from Tasmania. The FPA also confirmed that it raised over $100,000 during the gala dinner that took place in Adelaide last night. Seven community not-for-profits have been selected for the 2014 Future2 Make the Difference! Grants, which support young ...