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Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... its total exports, respectively, as at 2017. Tariff increase away! This gives India and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) scope to focus more on the goings-on in the domestic economy more than shackled by the on-going trade war uncertainty. So much so ...

Industry welcomes pensioners' dividend tax policy exemption: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... exemption. CPSA policy co-ordinator Paul Versteege said: "It was always clear that those with limited shareholdings and limited scope to change their investment strategy would be significantly disadvantaged without the exemption from Labor's no-cashback ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... first quarter of this year and by 4.0% on the trade weighted index (TWI). And if this still isn't enough, the RBA has more scope than its peers for easier policy. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously ...

Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... wants. It's targeting growth of 6.5% this year from 6.9% in 2017. If Trump's protectionism gets in the way, the PBOC has scope to ease monetary policy given that the country's core inflation rate (2.5%) remains below its target of around 3%. Ben Ong ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... noted the Middle Kingdom is merely keeping its powder dry to give it more room to escalate the war on trade and/or give it scope for an expected negotiation. But to blame the equity market's current woes on the prospect of an escalation of a trade war ...

No room for complacency: Rowell

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... assessment is not a "one-size-fits-all" measure. "Individual funds have different members and different strategies, and the scope and nature of trustees' business operations varies. And so different trustees will have different outcomes that they are ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... down to 2.2% in the year to January from 2.5% in the previous month and below the 4% target - offers the Bank of Russia scope to cut interest rates further from the current 7.5% to boost economic growth some more. There's no doubt Putin's high approval ...

Most investors shun credit ratings: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... of a standard that we would expect from a regulated organisation" and was limited to one page with minimal discussion of scope, methodology, analysis, observations and outcomes. This week we ask if the FSC's Principles of Internal Governance and Asset ...

O'Dwyer names CIPR advisory group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... primary responsibility of the group will be to work with Treasury on shaping possible options and provide advice as to the scope of a retirement covenant in the Superannuation Industry Supervision Act 1993. O'Dwyer said this would require super trustees ...

AXA IM names head of Australia for real assets business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... having the wider resources and expertise that will allow us to take our business to the next level, but also the additional scope and quality of client service we can offer. I am hugely excited to be entering this new stage in the evolution of Eureka ...