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Chief economist update: What happens in China...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... Wuhan in Hubei province - what other countries are now progressively moving towards - if memory serves me right, in early February. This is at the same time that the Chinese government and the People's Bank of China (PBOC) were rolling out stimulus ...

RBA expected to cut again; maybe even tomorrow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... tomorrow, and the market should price in the chance of a 50bps easing. "Since the Reserve Bank of Australia last met in early February, there have been three significant developments," Ord Minnett said. "First, the distribution of risks to global and ...

Preqin opens Australian office

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Venture Capital Association or AVCAL). It does not rate funds. Preqin's Sydney office is expected to commence in early February. The company has relocated Reuben Collins from Singapore to lead the sales of its platform to Australian superannuation ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... Frazis. 5. Grandfathered commissions to be banned Hot on the heels of the Royal Commission's final report, in early February Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg declared grandfathered commissions would be banned from 1 January 2021. Further, from the ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
The last time we heard some sort of policy guidance from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) was in early February this year when governor Haruhiko Kuroda was quoted as saying that: "If (currency moves) are having an impact on the economy and prices, and if we ...

Chief economist update: Where sentiment goes, there too is spending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... falling 8.7 points in January. According to Richard Curtin - University of Michigan's chief economist - "The early February gains reflect the end of the partial government shutdown as well as a more fundamental shift in consumer expectations due ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung investors in early February, iShares' Katie Petering wants to set the record straight. She clarifies that investors pulled US$30 billion out of exchange-traded ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... against the US dollar since the start of the year and by 9.5% from this year's peak of CNY6.26/US$1 recorded in early February. Indications from the latest Caixin PMI survey suggest that more weakness is in store in the coming months. The Caixin ...

ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... prohibited by the Corporations Act. Breaching the provision amounts to a criminal offence, Orr pointed out. In early February 2018, ClearView announced it would refund $1.5 million to thousands of customers as a result of poor sales practises. It notified ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... Street's overnight rally at the same time that the things that scared the bejesus out of them - rising inflation - in early February proved even worse than they expected. The Dow jumped by 1.0%, the S&P 500 index by 1.3% and the Nasdaq Composite by 1.9% ...