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Digital currency continues to be monitored: RBA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
The Reserve Bank of Australia believes digital currencies do not currently raise issues for them in terms of monetary policy and financial stability mandates. The RBA recently addressed a Senate Economics References Committee inquiry about digital currency ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Future Fund managing director David Neal has expressed concern at the lack of safe, liquid investments available for institutional investors to deploy their vast amounts of cash. Asked at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... sprouting on the interweb over how Aunt Janet would phrase her statement. She could say this... and add that... remove reference to... but emphasise... Blah, blah, blah. At the end of the day, the latest round of data releases speaks for themselves. ...

Hagger defends NAB advice, brushes off independent review

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
NAB Wealth chief executive Andrew Hagger has defended the bank's internal advice review processes to the Senate economics references committee. When asked by the committee why only eight serious process breaches were reported to ASIC - despite recent ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... to a reading of 4.9 in January from 7.3 in December and the lowest reading since September last year's 4.6 print. Or reference, it averaged just above 6.0 in the three years before the GFC. The LMCI tells the story of a labour market that's improved... ...

Nationals pressure Treasury for RC into white collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Nationals' Senator John Williams has given Treasury the suggested terms of reference for a Royal Commission into white collar crime. Williams confirmed to Financial Standard that he gave the documents to Treasurer Joe Hockey's chief of staff two weeks ...

WTF moment on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... are rising share prices and rising company profitability. Bloomberg certainly knows this, that's why they buried the reference to the drop in earnings in the 15th paragraph of the report. The S&P 500 index closed 2,099.43 points last night - a few points ...

New online bond researcher launches

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... education. We hope to fill the knowledge gap that has impeded investment in this asset class by becoming the central reference point for anyone seeking secure income for their portfolio," BondAdviser co-founder and managing director Geoff Malkin said. ...

St George head of advice joins Anne Street

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
Westpac's head of St George, Bank of Melbourne and Bank SA Financial Planning has left the business and joined Anne Street Partners as head of strategy and advice. Jason Dunn will be responsible for the implementation of the firm's national business ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... there's the "Taylor Rule" - yes, it's been a long time between drinks since you've read about this, haven't you? For quick reference, here's Wikipedia's definition (yes, yes I know): "In economics, a Taylor rule is a monetary-policy rule that stipulates ...